Eudorcas rufina

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CETARTIODACTYLA	BOVIDAE

Scientific Name:

Eudorcas rufina

Species Authority:

(Thomas, 1894)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Red Gazelle
French	–	Gazelle Rouge

Synonym/s:

Gazella rufina Thomas, 1894

Taxonomic Notes:

Listed as a possible subspecies of G. rufifrons by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). Gentry (1964) stated that on the basis of skull morphology it represented a separate species, and it has been regarded as such by most authors. However, there is continuing doubt concerning the validity of this taxon (see below).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment)

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient as this species is known only from three specimens bought in markets in Algeria towards the end of the 19th century. It has never been observed in the wild. It has been suggested that the purchased specimens had been transported to markets from elsewhere in Africa and that in fact this may not represent a valid taxon (K. de Smet pers. comm.). Pending clarification on the validity of this taxon, it is provisionally reassessed as Data Deficient.

History:

1996	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from three male specimens bought in markets in Algeria towards the end of the 19th century. There are no records from the wild. The place of origin of these specimens is unknown and it is likely they had been traded across the Sahara. This kind of trade still occurs in 2007 (K. de Smet pers. comm., F. Cuzin pers. comm.). One original specimen has been recently examined and identified as G. rufifrons (K. de Smet pers. comm. to ASG, May 2008).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Algeria

Range Description:

This species is known only from three male specimens bought in markets in Algeria towards the end of the 19th century. There are no records from the wild. The place of origin of these specimens is unknown and it is likely they had been traded across the Sahara. This kind of trade still occurs in 2007 (K. de Smet pers. comm., F. Cuzin pers. comm.). One original specimen has been recently examined and identified as G. rufifrons (K. de Smet pers. comm. to ASG, May 2008).

Countries:

Regionally extinct:

Algeria

Population [top]

Population:	Extinct.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	According to Lavauden (1930), this species inhabited forests and bushes in the region of Saida. However, this is purely speculative and based on the vegetation in the area around Oran.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Extinct.

Major Threat(s):

Extinct.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Extinct.

Conservation Actions:

Extinct.

Bibliography [top]

	de Smet, K. and Smith, T. R. 2001. Algeria. In: D. P. Mallon and S. C. Kingswood (eds), Antelopes. Part 4. North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, pp. 22-29. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Ellerman, J. R. and Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History), London, UK. Gentry, A. W. 1964. Skull characters of African gazelles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(7): 353-382. Groves, C. P. In press. Genus Eudorcas. In: J. S. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa, Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Kowalski, K. and Rzebik-Kowalska, B. 1991. Mammals of Algeria. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland. Lavauden, L. 1930. Notes de mammologie nord-Africaine: la gazelle rouge. Bulletin de la Societé Zoologique de France 55: 327-332.

de Smet, K. and Smith, T. R. 2001. Algeria. In: D. P. Mallon and S. C. Kingswood (eds), Antelopes. Part 4. North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, pp. 22-29. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Ellerman, J. R. and Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History), London, UK.

Gentry, A. W. 1964. Skull characters of African gazelles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(7): 353-382.

Groves, C. P. In press. Genus Eudorcas. In: J. S. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa, Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Kowalski, K. and Rzebik-Kowalska, B. 1991. Mammals of Algeria. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.

Lavauden, L. 1930. Notes de mammologie nord-Africaine: la gazelle rouge. Bulletin de la Societé Zoologique de France 55: 327-332.

Citation:	IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group 2008. Eudorcas rufina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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