Red Gazelle
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Red Gazelle
Conservation status
Extinct  (1894) (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Antilopinae Genus: Eudorcas Species: E. rufina[1]
Binomial name
Eudorcas rufina Thomas, 1894
Synonyms
Gazella rufina

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The red gazelle (Eudorcas rufina) is an extinct species of gazelle, which lived in northern Algeria and Morocco.

Some authorities (e.g. Kingdon 1997), however, consider that it was a subspecies of Red-fronted Gazelle (E. rufifrons). The red gazelle was formerly considered a member of the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas before Eudorcas was elevated to genus status.

It probably lived in the better-watered mountain areas of North Africa rather than in deserts. The last record dated from before 1894. It is known from three specimens, which were purchased in markets in Algiers and Oran, northern Algeria, in the late nineteenth century. They are held in museums in Paris and London.

External source

• Antelope Specialist Group (1996). Gazella rufina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006.

References

• Flannery, Tim & Schouten, Peter (2001). A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York. ISBN 0-87113-797-6. 
• Kingdon, Jonathan (1997) The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 411–412. ISBN 0-12-408355-2.

Footnotes

1. ^ Mammal Species of the World - Eudorcas rufina

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