Damaliscus pygargus

(Pallas, 1767)

Bontebok

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1767. Spicilegia Zoologica. Fasciculus primus. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin, 44 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817611

Original name as described

Antilope pygargus

Other common names

Blesbok

Type locality

Cape of Good Hope. Restricted by Bigalke in 1948 to Swart River, near Caledon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

Taxonomy notes

includes phillipsi, which was considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006136

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Damaliscus phillipsi

Harper, 1939

Family

Bovidae

Root name

phillipsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:35443

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:35443

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606439

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Antilope pygarga

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pygarga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033432

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Thunberg (1811:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  3. Fischer (1814:xvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Lesson (1827:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Gervais (1840:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  6. Laurillard (1841:617, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  7. Lesson (1842:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Damalis albifrons

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319570

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1846:233, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20141)
  2. Gray (1850:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Gray (1852:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Damalis pygarga

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pygarga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319570

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1846:233, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20141)
  2. Gray (1850:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Gray (1852:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Blyth (1863:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Gray (1872:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Damaliscus albifrons

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741345

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Roberts (1913:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  4. Roberts (1937:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)

Damaliscus pygargus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741341

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Roberts (1937:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  6. Groves & Grubb (2011:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #30208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #30208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30208/50197331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Damaliscus dorcas

Wurster & Benirschke, 1968

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dorcas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

154

Authority publication

Chromosoma

Name usages

  1. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

phillipsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Damaliscus pygargus pygargus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope dorcas

(Pallas, 1766)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dorcas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321015

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:285, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Thunberg (1811:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  3. Lesson (1842:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope pygargus

(Pallas, 1767)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817611

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Capra cervicapra

(P. L. S. Müller, 1773)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cervicapra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50719931

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Antilope grisea

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230103

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Capra scripta

(Thunberg, 1789)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

scriptus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59309137

Authority publication

Uppsala

Antilope Maculata

(Thunberg, 1811)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767809

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Thunberg (1811:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)

Antilope albifrons

(Burchell, 1824)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

335 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47028960

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope personata

(H. Woods, 1829)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

personatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

524

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485447

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Gervais (1840:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)

Gazella albifrons

(W. C. Harris, 1840)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

pl. 21

Authority publication

London

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