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Thomson's gazelle
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The Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) is ane o the best-kent gazelles. It is named efter explorer Joseph Thomson an is whiles referred tae as a "tommie".[2] It is considered bi some tae be a subspecies o the reid-frontit gazelle an wis formerly considered a member o the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas, afore Eudorcas wis elevatit tae genus status.[3] Thomson's gazelles can be foond in nummers exceedin 500 thoosand[1] in Africae an are recognized as the maist common teep o gazelle in East Africae.[2]
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Thomson's gazelle | |
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Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Faimily: | Bovidae |
Subfaimily: | Antilopinae |
Genus: | Eudorcas |
Species: | E. thomsonii |
Binomial name | |
Eudorcas thomsonii Günther, 1884 | |
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