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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Afzelius, A. 1815. De antilopis in genere et speciatim guineensibus commentatio. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7:195-270.

Original 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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