Nanger

Nanger
Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Antilopinae
Tribe:	Antilopini
Genus:	Nanger Lataste, 1885
Type species
Antilope mhorr [1] Bennett, 1833

Nanger is a genus of antelopes, commonly called gazelles. It was originally considered a subgenus within the genus Gazella , but has since been elevated to genus status. The three living species within the genus Nanger are:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Nanger dama	Dama gazelle	Chad, Mali, and Niger
	Nanger granti	Grant's gazelle	northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria
	Nanger soemmerringii	Soemmerring's gazelle	Horn of Africa

• Nanger vanhoepeni †^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.