Nanger

{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Nanger

| image = Grant's-gazelle.jpg

| image_caption = Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti)

| taxon = Nanger

| authority = Lataste, 1885

| type_species = Antilope mhorr {{MSW3|id=14200608}}

| type_species_authority = Bennett, 1833

}}

Nanger is a genus of antelopes, commonly called gazelles. Nanger was originally considered a subgenus within the genus Gazella, but has since been elevated to genus status. The three living species within the genus Nanger are:

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ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
120pxNanger damaDama gazelleChad, Mali, and Niger
120pxNanger grantiGrant's gazellenorthern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria
120pxNanger soemmerringiiSoemmerring's gazelleHorn of Africa

{{Artiodactyla|R.5}}

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