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Eudorcas rufifrons (red-fronted gazelle)

Synonyms: Gazella rufifrons

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-fronted gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons), a species of gazelle, is widely but unevenly distributed across the middle of Africa from Senegal to northeastern Ethiopia. It is mainly resident in the Sahel zone, a narrow cross-Africa band south of the Sahara, where it prefers arid grasslands, wooded savannas and shrubby steppes. One authority considers the Thomson's gazelle (E. thomsoni), of East Africa, a subspecies of red-fronted gazelle. The red-fronted gazelle was formerly considered a member of the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas before Eudorcas was elevated to generic status.
View Wikipedia Record: Eudorcas rufifrons

Infraspecies

Eudorcas rufifrons albonotata
Eudorcas rufifrons kanuri
Eudorcas rufifrons laevipes
Eudorcas rufifrons rufifrons
Eudorcas rufifrons tilonura (Heuglin's Gazelle) (Endangered)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Eudorcas rufifrons

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  33.094 lbs (15.011 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  5.732 lbs (2.60 kg)
Diet [3]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  80 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  1 year
Gestation [1]  5 months 25 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  15 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  4.231 feet (129 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parc National de Waza National Park II 349858 Cameroon  
Reserve de la Biosphere de la Pendjari Biosphere Reserve 217453 Benin  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Carmyerius graberi <Unverified Name>[4]
Paramphistomum microbothrium[4]
Stephanopharynx compactus[4]
Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0