Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius, 1815)
Mountain Reedbuck
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Artiodactyla |
Suborder | : Ruminantia |
Infraorder | : Pecora |
Family | : Bovidae |
Subfamily | : Antilopinae |
Tribe | : Reduncini |
Genus | : Redunca |
Species status
Authority citation
Afzelius, A. 1815. De antilopis in genere et speciatim guineensibus commentatio. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7:195-270.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26737504Original name as described
Antilope fulvorufula
Other common names
Southern Mountain Reedbuck · Chandler's Mountain Reedbuck · East African Mountain Reedbuck · Western Mountain Reedbuck · Adamawa Reedbuck · Adamaoua Mountain Reedbuck
Type locality
eastern Cape Colony.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Nigeria · Cameroon · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho
Taxonomy notes
includes chanleri and adamauae, 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
Endangered
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