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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Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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120px | Nanger dama | Dama gazelle | Chad, Mali, and Niger |
120px | Nanger granti | Grant's gazelle | northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria |
120px | Nanger soemmerringii | Soemmerring's gazelle | Horn of Africa |
- Nanger vanhoepeni†{{cn|date=May 2024}}
{{Artiodactyla|R.5}}
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