Procapra gutturosa (Pallas 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 687

Procapra gutturosa (Pallas 1777)

[Antilope] gutturosa Pallas 1777 , Spicil. Zool., 12: 46.

Type Locality: "Intra Siberiae limites maxime Dauuriam transmontanum, campos dico circa Ononem and Argunum, frequentat" ( Russia, SE Transbaikalia, Chitinsk. Obl., upper Onon River).

Vernacular Names: Mongolian Gazelle.

Distribution: Formerly China (Gansu, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Ningxia, Shanxi, Shaanxi), NE Kazakhstan, Mongolia (except mountains and SW desert), and Russia (Chuya Steppe, Transbaikalia and Tuva on Mongolian border). Now extinct in Kazakhstan and survives only in Inner Mongolia ( China), Khomin Tal Steppe in W Mongolia, E Mongolia, and Transbaikalia ( Russia).

Conservation: IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: Reviewed by Sokolov and Lushchekina (1997, Mammalian Species, 571). Distribution reviewed by Mallon and Kingswood (2001). Monotypic status follows Groves (1986).