Raphicerus campestris

(Thunberg, 1811)

Steenbok

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thunberg, C.P. 1811. Mammalia Capensia, recensita et illustrata. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 3:299-323.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767807

Original name as described

Antilope Campestris

Type locality

Cape of Good Hope.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006173

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.

Raphicerus neumanni capricornis

O. Thomas & Schwann, 1906

Family

Bovidae

Root name

capricornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.12.9.78

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/327ae718-74e5-44c4-927a-64cc8023b08f

Authority page

584

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208303

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Antilope subulata

(C. H. Smith, 1827)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

subulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1946.333

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52aa3e09-0292-4827-ad06-ee6c19f530ac

Authority page

253

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264352

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  2. Lesson (1842:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pediotragus horstockii

(Jentink, 1900)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

horstockii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9646089

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

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

Pediotragus kelleni

(Jentink, 1900)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kelleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39308.a, RMNH.MAM.39308.b, RMNH.MAM.39309, RMNH.MAM.39310

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39308.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39308.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39309 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39310

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9646094

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Pediotragus neumanni

(Matschie, 1894)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581232

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Antilope grimmia

(Sparrman, 1783)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grimmius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

632

Authority publication

Stockholm

Capra grimmia

(Thunberg, 1788)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grimmius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Uppsala

Antelope dama

(J. R. Forster, 1790)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dama

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Berlin

Antelope dama var. rupestris

(J. R. Forster, 1796)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

160

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Antilope Capensis

(Thunberg, 1811)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · preoccupied

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46996434

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Antilope pallida

(P. Gervais, 1840)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

262

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)

Antilope rupestris

(P. Gervais, 1840)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

262

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)

Calotragus Tragulus

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tragulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319569

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1846:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20141)
  2. Gray (1850:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Blyth (1863:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Calotragus campestris

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956484

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1852:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)

Pediotragus campestris

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707775

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1872:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Rhaphiceros campestris

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741401

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015828) (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)

Rhaphiceros campestris capricornis

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

capricornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741401

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Rhaphiceros horstocki

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

horstocki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741402

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Rhaphiceros campestris neumanni

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741401

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Raphicerus neumanni

J. A. Allen, 1909

Family

Bovidae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1909:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)

Raphicerus campestris stigmaticus

Lydekker & Blaine, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

stigmaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9394950

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Raphicerus campestris

Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

565

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360550

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  2. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Groves & Grubb (2011:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19308/50193533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Raphicerus campestris neumanni

Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

565

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360550

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Raphiceros campestris

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Bovidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Raphicerus campestris campestris

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Raphicerus campestris capricornis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

capricornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Raphicerus campestris kelleni

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kelleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Raphicerus campestris steinhardti

Groves & Grubb, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

steinhardti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

154

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Antilope Campestris

(Thunberg, 1811)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

313

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767807

Authority publication

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

Name usages

  1. Thunberg (1811:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Antilope tragulus var. pallida

(H. Lichtenstein, 1812)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Magasin der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Antilope tragulus var. rupestris

(H. Lichtenstein, 1812)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Magasin der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Antilope tragulus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1812)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tragulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Magasin der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  2. Laurillard (1841:622, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  3. Lesson (1842:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope capensis

(Afzelius, 1815)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26737508

Authority publication

Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis

Name usages

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

Antilope ibex

(Afzelius, 1815)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ibex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26737517

Authority publication

Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope pediotragus

(Afzelius, 1815)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pediotragus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

260, 264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26737514 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26737518

Authority publication

Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  2. Lesson (1842:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Acuticornis

(de Blainville, 1816)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

acuticornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

75, 79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153431 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153492

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  3. Lesson (1842:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cerophorus (Cervicapra) stenbock

(de Blainville, 1816)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

stenbock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153431

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Name usages

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

Antilope fulvo-rubescens

(Desmoulins, 1822)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

fulvorubescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

446

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25676344

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope rufescens

(C. H. Smith, 1827)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264348

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  2. Lesson (1842:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Pediotragus Tragulus Grayi

(Fitzinger, 1869)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6354515

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Rhaphiceros horstocki natalensis

W. Rothschild, 1907

Family

Bovidae

Root name

natalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209216

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Rhaphicerus neumanni stigmatus

Lönnberg, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

stigmatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1371782

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Pediotragus kelleni hoamibensis

(Strand, 1924)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hoamibensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

133 (footnote)

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Pediotragus kelleni zukowskyi

(Strand, 1924)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

zukowskyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Pediotragus kelleni cunenensis

(Zukowsky, 1924)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cunenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Pediotragus kelleni steinhardti

(Zukowsky, 1924)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

steinhardti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

129

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Pediotragus kelleni ugabensis

(Zukowsky, 1924)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ugabensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Raphicerus campestris bourquii

Monard, 1930

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bourquii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles

Name usages

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

Raphicerus campestris zuluensis

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Bovidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Antilope rupescens

(A. Roberts, 1951)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rupescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Johannesburg

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