- Mongalla Gazelle
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Mongalla Gazelle Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Antilopinae Genus: Eudorcas Species: E. albonotata Binomial name Eudorcas albonotata
(W. Rothschild, 1903)The Mongalla Gazelle (Eudorcas albonotata) is a species of gazelle found in the floodplain and savanna of southeastern Sudan. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the well-known Thomson's Gazelle. Like the Thomson's Gazelle, it follows an annual migratory cycle.
The Mongalla gazelle is rather safe from extinction compared to other species, due to its harsh habitat, which makes exploitation and poaching difficult. Even though it has a very narrow range, being restricted to southeastern Sudan, it exists in high densities and there are currently 100,000 to 278,000 individuals left in the wild.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Eudorcas albonotata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/8992. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
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