Madoqua piacentinii

Drake-Brockman, 1911

Silver Dik-dik

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Drake-Brockman, R.E. 1911-12-15. On antelopes of the genera Madoqua and Rhynchotragus found in Somaliland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911(4):977-984.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31570765

Original name as described

Madoqua piacentinii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.8.2.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e56dc0b6-8b01-4596-9264-6ed82cdf1138

Type locality

Gharabwein, near Obbia, Somalia, 5° 25' N, 48° 25' E.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006161

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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.

Madoqua piacentinii

Drake-Brockman, 1911

Family

Bovidae

Root name

piacentinii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.8.2.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e56dc0b6-8b01-4596-9264-6ed82cdf1138

Authority page

981

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31570765

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12667/50190430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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