Neumann's gazelle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
Genus: | Gazella |
Species: | G. erlangeri |
Binomial name | |
Gazella erlangeri (Neumann, 1906) |
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Synonyms | |
Gazella gazella erlangeri |
Gazella erlangeri, the Neumann’s gazelle or Erlanger’s gazelle, is a small dark gazelle with a stout body and short legs. It is described from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
It is considered a threatened species, although no recent information is available on wild populations. Some sources consider it a subspecies of the mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella).