Neotragus pygmaeus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Royal Antelope

Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego ZooDate taken:Dec 1, 2012
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4019
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Ruminantia |
| Infraorder | : Pecora |
| Superfamily | : Bovoidea |
| Family | : Bovidae |
| Subfamily | : Antilopinae |
| Tribe | : Neotragini |
| Genus | : Neotragus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033880Original name as described
Capra pygmea
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1867.4.12.432
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/71cbb62d-05a7-40c7-a684-32d71a4a5b31Type locality
Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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