Okapia johnstoni

(P. L. Sclater, 1901)

Okapi

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Giraffidae
Genus : Okapia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sclater, P.L. 1901-06. On an apparently new species of zebra from the Semliki Forest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901-I(1):50-52.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31590976

Original name as described

Equus(?) johnstoni

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d640e048-222b-451d-bb94-e3350270d878 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea7596f7-f1e8-4ebb-812e-74c5e2131c10

Type locality

forests along Semliki River, Mundala, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006343

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.

Okapia Erikssoni

Lankester, 1902

Family

Giraffidae

Root name

erikssoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4ab25a40-823c-4db4-983c-52db89d60fdd

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339222

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Helladotherium tigrinum

(H. H. Johnston, 1901)

Family

Giraffidae

Root name

tigrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d640e048-222b-451d-bb94-e3350270d878 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea7596f7-f1e8-4ebb-812e-74c5e2131c10

Authority page

270

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Equus(?) johnstoni

(P. L. Sclater, 1901)

Family

Giraffidae

Root name

johnstoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d640e048-222b-451d-bb94-e3350270d878 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea7596f7-f1e8-4ebb-812e-74c5e2131c10

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31590976

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Okapia liebrechtsi

Forsyth Major, 1902

Family

Giraffidae

Root name

liebrechtsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 480

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

73 (figure caption)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543132

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Ocapia johnstoni

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Giraffidae

Root name

johnstoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

375

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741595

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Okapia johnstoni

E. Schwarz, 1920

Family

Giraffidae

Root name

johnstoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

903

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763874

Authority publication

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

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:903, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:325, 326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15188/51140517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ocuapia kibalensis

(Gatti, 1936)

Family

Giraffidae

Root name

kibalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

295

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

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