Tragelaphus eurycerus

(W. Ogilby, 1837)

Bongo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Tribe : Tragelaphini
Genus : Tragelaphus
Subgenus : Tragelaphus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ogilby, W. 1837-02-20. Mr. Ogilby called the attention of the Meeting to the various presented specimens of Antelopes then exhibited, and made the following observations on some hollow-horned Ruminants. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836(47):119-121.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570847

Original name as described

Antilope eurycerus

Other common names

Lowland Bongo · Western Bongo · Mountain Bongo · Eastern Bongo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1858.5.4.6, BMNH:Mamm:1858.5.4.7

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/329a4a84-401a-495f-9e49-3678733b4255 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e020ad08-bc60-4a89-9078-e6ea30a6abd6

Type locality

W Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Cameroon · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006278

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.

Antilope eurycerus

(W. Ogilby, 1837)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

eurycerus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.5.4.6, BMNH:Mamm:1858.5.4.7

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/329a4a84-401a-495f-9e49-3678733b4255 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e020ad08-bc60-4a89-9078-e6ea30a6abd6

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570847

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Laurillard (1841:620, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  2. Lesson (1842:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Boocercus eurycerus Isaaci

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

isaaci

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/70314eba-e41c-4f34-b29e-2aece88837d0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/941efa5c-fe1a-4fce-b8ba-1e02f460a66b

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339114

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Boocercus eurycerus cooperi

(W. Rothschild, 1928)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cooperi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1928.10.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5639866b-b8ef-464a-ab46-fde2d7426b70

Authority page

306

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Boöcercus eurycerus katanganus

(W. Rothschild, 1927)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

katanganus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

271

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus Eurycerus

J. E. Gray, 1852

Family

Bovidae

Root name

eurycerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956549

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22047/115164600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Euryceros euryceros

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

euryceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707815

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1872:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Boöcercus euryceros

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

euryceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741537

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Zimara (1935:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Boöcercus euryceros isaaci

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

isaaci

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741537

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Boocercus eurycerus

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

eurycerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

452

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360400

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Taurotragus eurycerus

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

eurycerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1020

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763991

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:1020, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Taurotragus eurycerus eurycerus

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

eurycerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1021

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763992

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:1021, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Taurotragus eurycerus isaaci

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

isaaci

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1020

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763991

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:1020, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Tragelaphus Euryceros

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Bovidae

Root name

euryceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595037

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Tragelaphus albo-virgatus

Du Chaillu, 1860

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albovirgatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249859

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus albovittatus

J. E. Gray, 1862

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albovittatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672810

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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