We, perhaps, also discovered a new subspecies of Przewalski’s gazelle, P. p. wayu. The race was proved to be fully distinct from all other populations of the species and taxonomically recognizable from other groups by differences in means of coefficient of difference of skull morphology, as Mayr (1953) suggested that any two groups should be treated as different subspecies if the coefficient of difference is larger than 1.28. Though we suggest that, the distinct race be classified as a new subspecies of Przewalski’s gazelle: Procapra przewalskii wayu; the Wayu population is not qualified as a subspecies in term of the definition of Ereshefsky (1992) due to the fact that only one small population was discovered at a single site.
Hi Mardan, thanks for sharing your research: this is a very nice finding; I really like these kinds of studies. I am wondering if you are planning to do some genetic/genomic analyses, since as far as I have understood, this is still missing. Is it the case?
Hi Mardan, I have a question about the distribution of Przewalski's gazelle. According to the IUCN, it is now distributed around the qinghai lake, but we found some subfossil remains of it from northeast China. Is there any relevant research on whether northeast China is the historical distribution area of Przewalskii's antelope?
Hello Bo Xiao, thanks for your participation, you are right, this species was historically distributed in many parts of China, including Inner Mongolia, northeast, Xinjiang ,Tibetan Plateau 等等， but locally extincted from these places expect Qinghai. you may read the full-text for further information.
i am very surprised and happy that the specimen was found in northwest China , it will be deadly useful in the future genetic analysis i think
thank you
Hello Giovanni Forcina,
thank you very much for your concern , indeed there has been no genetic/genomic analyses on the evaluation of the of the subspecies of Przewalski's Gazelle, you are warmly welcome
i send you two papers on the genetic studies of the species via message, it may give you some insight .
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