Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Parent taxon: Alcelaphini according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003
See also Carroll 1988, Gentry 2010, Geraads et al. 2004, Grubb 2001, Hassanin and Douzery 1999 and Vrba 1997
Sister taxa: Alcelaphina, Alcelaphus, Awashia, Beatragus, Connochaetes, Damalacra, Damalborea, Damaliscina, Maremmia, Numidocapra, Parmularius, Sigmoceros
Subtaxa: Damaliscus ademassui Damaliscus agelaius Damaliscus cuiculi Damaliscus dorcas Damaliscus eppsi Damaliscus gentryi Damaliscus korrigum Damaliscus lunatus Damaliscus porrocornutus Damaliscus pygargus Damaliscus strepsiceras
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (4), Djibouti (1), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (5), Kenya (37), Morocco (3), South Africa (25), Sudan (2), Swaziland (3), Tanzania (8), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (2), Kenya (2), Malawi (1), South Africa (4)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1), South Africa (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 106 collections including 118 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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