Sömmerring's Gazelle
Nanger soemmerringii
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 92
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
Soemmerring's gazelle (Nanger soemmerringii), also known as the Abyssinian mohr, is a gazelle species native to the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan). The species was first described and given its scientific name by German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar in 1828. Three subspecies are recognized. It is possibly no longer present in Sudan. Since 1986, Soemmerring's gazelle has been classified as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Soemmerring's gazelle”.