Gazella rufifrons Gray, 1846 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 18:214.

TYPE LOCALITY: Senegal .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to NE Ethiopia, with southern limits of distribution extending from N Togo to N Central African Republic; extinct in N Ghana.

STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: centralis, hasleri, kanuri, laevipes, salmi, senegalensis, tilonura.

COMMENTS: Includes tilonura; see Gentry (1972:90); but also see Haltenorth (1963: 112). Groves (1969a) included rufifrons in cuvieri, but subsequently (1975a) separated them.