Tragelaphus spekii

Speke, 1863

Sitatunga

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

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, p. 223 (footnote)

Original name as described

Tragelaphus Spekii

Other common names

East African Sitatunga · Marsh Buck · Lake Victoria Sitatunga · Nkosi Island Sitatunga · Western Sitatunga · Western Marsh Buck · Nile Sitatunga · Nile Marsh Buck · Zambezi Sitatunga · Selous's Sitatunga · Zambezi Marsh Buck

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1863.7.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/25ec0d18-7338-466c-8148-b5e0d73f980c

Type locality

Karagwe, E of Lake Victoria, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Ghana · Benin · Togo? · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe

Taxonomy notes

includes sylvestris, larkenii, gratus, and selousi, 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. · 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006282

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Tragelaphus Spekii

Speke, 1863

Family

Bovidae

Root name

spekii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.7.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/25ec0d18-7338-466c-8148-b5e0d73f980c

Authority page

p. 223 (footnote)

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:1018, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22050/115164901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tragelaphus gratus

P. L. Sclater, 1880

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1883.4.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aaea6dca-0f1f-4062-9684-f43d76d3faf7

Authority page

452

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Tragelaphus selousi

W. Rothschild, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.2.13.1, BMNH:Mamm:1939.4577

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03df9ab3-131a-491f-bf9a-9b777851f3ba https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3d16f587-5c40-41c2-a3b7-d9daacaf8ef6 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/708bfb37-fb7d-49a1-8f2a-6b499aacecc4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7af0eb90-7dd2-45e8-ba89-2d3edabedb69 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e26a63ed-0122-4f80-a3bc-a006bf2ee861

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3219658

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Limnotragus spekei larkenii

(St. Leger, 1931)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

larkenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1931.6.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52bb90f7-6b28-44c6-a73a-bb0f71fab868

Authority page

420

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Limnotragus spekei sylvestris

(Meinertzhagen, 1916)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sylvestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1951.704

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a0c07af5-a3c9-4759-8150-182e6e57fa43

Authority page

380

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31597148

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Tragelaphus spekei stromeri

E. Schwarz, 1932

Family

Bovidae

Root name

stromeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie

Limnotragus spekei wilhelmi

(Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1924)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

wilhelmi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus (Limnotragus) ugallae

Matschie, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ugallae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=8q68AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA179

Authority publication

Jahrbuch des Instituts für Jagdkunde

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1913:179, https://books.google.com/books?id=8q68AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67190)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Euryceros Spekii

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

spekii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707816

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1872:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Tragelaphus spekei

Matschie, 1895

Family

Bovidae

Root name

spekei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835532

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Lydekker (1908:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Ward (1910:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  4. Matschie (1913:179, https://books.google.com/books?id=8q68AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67190)
  5. Roberts (1913:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  6. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Tragelaphus spekei albonotatus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albonotatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741557

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Tragelaphus spekei gratus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741557

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Tragelaphus spekei selousi

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741557

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Limnotragus spekii gratus

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360389

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Limnotragus selousi

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360389

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Limnotragus spekei

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

spekei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

440

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360386

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:440, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Limnotragus spekii

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

spekii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360389

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Limnotragus spekii spekii

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

spekii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360389

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Tragelaphus spekii gratus

E. Schwarz, 1920

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1018

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763989

Authority publication

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

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:1018, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Limnotragus gratus

(R. Zimara, 1935)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Zimara (1935:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Tragelaphus spekii larkenii

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

larkenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus spekii selousi

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus spekii spekii

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

spekii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus spekii sylvestris

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sylvestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus larkenii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

larkenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

606

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Tragelaphus sylvestris

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sylvestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

606

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Oreas selousi

(Matschie, 1912)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority publication

Deutsche Jäger-Zeitung

Name usages

Matschie (1912:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67352)

Antilope anderessoni

(Leyland, 1866)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

anderessoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Antilope (Tragelaphus) Spekei

(von Heuglin, 1869)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

spekei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

319

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus speckei

O. R. Neumann, 1900

Family

Bovidae

Root name

speckei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

562

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10197836

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

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

Limnotragus baumii

(Sokolowsky, 1903)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

baumii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

533

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus gratus albonotatus

O. R. Neumann, 1905

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albonotatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7897167

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Tragelaphus spekei typicus

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015957

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Limnotragus spekei inornatus

(Cabrera, 1918)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

inornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5366324

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

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