Mongalla Gazelle

The Mongalla gazelle, Eudorcas albonotata, is a medium-sized antelope found in the floodplains and savanna of South Sudan, east of the Nile. It was first described in 1903 by the British zoologist Walter Rothschild. Its taxonomic status is widely disputed: some authorities treat it as a full species of the genus Eudorcas, while others regard it as a subspecies of Thomson's gazelle or of the red-fronted gazelle. The coat is brown with a bright wide stripe on the flank and a rufous one beneath it, and the forehead, underbelly and buttocks are white. Both sexes have horns, and those of males are twice as long. The IUCN rates it Least Concern, with no major threat standing out at present.