Kobus vardonii

(Livingstone, 1857)

Puku

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, 256

Original name as described

Antilope vardonii

Type locality

Chobe Valley, Zambesia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Botswana · Zimbabwe · Namibia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006249

Country distribution map

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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.

Cobus senganus

P. L. Sclater & O. Thomas, 1897

Family

Bovidae

Root name

senganus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.9.15.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c14db4f9-ffa8-48f2-a7d8-a6d1b78ac94f

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42162774

Authority publication

Book of Antelopes

Onotragus Vardonii

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

vardonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707761

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1872:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Adenota vardoni

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

vardoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835519

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Roberts (1913:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Schwarz (1920:994, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Cobus vardoni senganus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

senganus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741435

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Cobus vardoni

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

vardoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741435

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Kobus vardoni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Bovidae

Root name

vardoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

123

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Kobus vardonii senganus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

senganus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Kobus vardonii

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

vardonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11037/50189881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Kobus vardonii vardonii

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

vardonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Antilope vardonii

(Livingstone, 1857)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

vardonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

256

Authority publication

book

Cobus vardoni typicus

Selous in Bryden, 1899

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

294

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37141514

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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