Beatragus hunteri

(P. L. Sclater, 1889)

Herola

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Alcelaphini
Genus : Beatragus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 58

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866448

Original name as described

Damalis hunteri

Other common names

Hirola · Hunter's Hartebeest

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1889.8.3.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11a54958-3eb1-4e19-8ce4-5f4e6709d329

Type locality

North side of Tana River, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Somalia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006132

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Damalis hunteri

(P. L. Sclater, 1889)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.8.3.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11a54958-3eb1-4e19-8ce4-5f4e6709d329

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866448

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Damaliscus hunteri

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741334

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Beatragus hunteri

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6234/50185297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cobus hunteri

(P. L. Sclater, 1889)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

260

Authority publication

The Field

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