Speke's gazelle
| Speke's gazelle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Antilopini |
| Genus: | Gazella |
| Species: | G. spekei
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| Binomial name | |
| Gazella spekei Blyth, 1863
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Speke's gazelle (Gazella spekei) is the smallest of the
IUCN in 2007 announced its status had changed from vulnerable to endangered. A captive population is maintained, and the wild population exists in the lower tens of thousands. As of 2008, this gazelle is classified as endangered under the IUCN Red List
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Speke's gazelle is named after John Hanning Speke, a British explorer of Central Africa.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Kingdom 1982, 1997[full citation needed]
- ^ Groves 1969[full citation needed]
- ^ East 1996[full citation needed]