Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas, 1766)
Northern Bushbuck
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
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica Quibus novæ imprimis atque obscuræ Animalium Species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrus van Cleef, The Hague, 224 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321013Original name as described
Antilope scripta
Other common names
Western Bushbuck · Harnessed Bushbuck · Harnessed Antelope · Central Bushbuck · Nile Bushbuck · Lake Tana Bushbuck · Senegal Bushbuck · Kabinda Bushbuck · Abyssinian Bushbuck · Kewel
Type locality
Senegal.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Mauritania · Mali · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Uganda · Ethiopia · Angola
Taxonomy notes
includes phaleratus, bor, and decula, which were included as distinct species by Groves & Grubb 2011; previously included T. sylvaticus, although a recent study suggested returning the two to a single species, the nuclear divergence between the two species is equivalent to that of other species in the genus, suggesting that the two should be recognized as distinct; 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. · Hassanin, A., Houck, M. L., Tshikung, D., Kadjo, B., Davis, H., & Ropiquet, A. (2018). Multi-locus phylogeny of the tribe Tragelaphini (Mammalia, Bovidae) and species delimitation in bushbuck: evidence for chromosomal speciation mediated by interspecific hybridization. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 129, 96-105. · Rakotoarivelo, Andrinajoro R., Paul O'Donoghue, Michael W. Bruford, and Yoshan Moodley. "An ancient hybridization event reconciles mito-nuclear discordance among spiral-horned antelopes." Journal of Mammalogy 100, no. 4 (2019): 1144-1155. · Baird, C. N., Ernst, M., Waurick, I., Blom, M. P., & Bibi, F. (2023). Integrative taxonomy using historical specimens provides evidence for a single species of bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus (Mammalia: Bovidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad096. · Rakotoarivelo, A. R., Rambuda, T., Taron, U. H., Stalder, G., O’Donoghue, P., Robovský, J., ... & Moodley, Y. (2024). Complex patterns of gene flow and convergence in the evolutionary history of the spiral-horned antelopes (Tragelaphini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108131.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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