Tragelaphus buxtoni
(Lydekker, 1910)
Gedemsa
Location:Ethiopia, Oromia region, Bale Mountains National ParkDate taken:UnknownDescription:Side view of male. Also as Mountain Nyala.
Distribution :
Ethiopia E of Rift Valley
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 842
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Ruminantia |
| Infraorder | : Pecora |
| Superfamily | : Bovoidea |
| Family | : Bovidae |
| Subfamily | : Bovinae |
| Tribe | : Tragelaphini |
| Genus | : Tragelaphus |
| Subgenus | : Tragelaphus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Lydekker, R. 1910-09. The spotted kudu. Nature 84(2135):396-397.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Strepsiceros buxtoni
Other common names
Mountain Nyala
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1910.11.29.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Arusi plateau of Gallaland, in the Sahatu Mountains, and south-east of Lake Zwei [Zwai], at an estimated height of 9000 feet [2, 700 m] above sea level", Bak Province, Ethiopia, east of the Rift Valley.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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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.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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