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Grant's Gazelles

Grant's Gazelles. July 20, 2015. I recall them being labeled as a subspecies that's not currently recognized.
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Grant's Gazelles. July 20, 2015. I recall them being labeled as a subspecies that's not currently recognized.
 
UngulateNerd92
Hi Thylo, according to the American Museum of Natural History's Vertebrate Zoology collections database, there are specimens of 5 different subspecies of Grants gazelle (Nanger granti), those taxa are listed below

Nanger granti granti

Nanger granti robertsi

Nanger granti raineyi

Nanger granti roosevelti

And

Nanger granti serengetae

Of those subspecies, the latter three are no longer considered valid, do any of those names listed above ring a bell for you?

Anyways, I thought I would let you know that every time I visit natural history museums, I always take a notebook with me and as I walk alongside the exhibits, I write down the scientific name of every taxon I see, extant or extinct.

By the way, here is a link to the AMNH Vertebrate Zoology Collections Database for you are anybody else that is interested AMNH Vertebrate Zoology Database
 
ThylacineAlive
UngulateNerd92 said:
Hi Thylo, according to the American Museum of Natural History's Vertebrate Zoology collections database, there are specimens of 5 different subspecies of Grants gazelle (Nanger granti), those taxa are listed below

Nanger granti granti

Nanger granti robertsi

Nanger granti raineyi

Nanger granti roosevelti

And

Nanger granti serengetae

Of those subspecies, the latter three are no longer considered valid, do any of those names listed above ring a bell for you?

Anyways, I thought I would let you know that every time I visit natural history museums, I always take a notebook with me and as I walk alongside the exhibits, I write down the scientific name of every taxon I see, extant or extinct.

By the way, here is a link to the AMNH Vertebrate Zoology Collections Database for you are anybody else that is interested AMNH Vertebrate Zoology Database
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Thanks for the info. It might have been raineyi but it's been so long now I can't really recall.

I did have a notepad with me but didn't think to write the names down unfortunately.

~Thylo:cool:
 
UngulateNerd92
Chlidonias said:
labelled here as raineyi: Rainey's gazelle, Gazella granti rainey. Subspecies of Grant's gazelle with straight horns. Gift of - brass_antlers
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Thank you for the confirmation Chlidonias, looking closely at that animal, identifying it as ssp. raineyi would make sense.

Here is a link to an interesting and not to mention very extensive article discussing the taxonomy and sub-specific classification of Nanger granti
Races of Grant's gazelle - Warning: for real mammal geeks only - African wildlife - Safaritalk

It even gets into explaining distinguishing features of subspecies now deemed invalid.
 

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