Oreotragus oreotragus
(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)
Klipspringer
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Artiodactyla |
Suborder | : Ruminantia |
Infraorder | : Pecora |
Family | : Bovidae |
Subfamily | : Antilopinae |
Tribe | : Oreotragini |
Genus | : Oreotragus |
Species status
Authority citation
Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3, 269
Original name as described
Antilope oreotragus
Type locality
Cape of Good Hope.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Sudan · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho?
Taxonomy notes
includes aceratos, aureus, centralis, porteousi, saltatrixoides, schillingsi, somalicus, stevensoni, transvaalensis, and tyleri, which were 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
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