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Tragelaphus scriptus (bushbuck)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Antilope scripta was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tragelaphus scriptus by Peters (1990), Hassanin and Douzery (1999) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Antilope scripta Pallas
1990Tragelaphus scriptus Peters p. 87
1999Tragelaphus scriptus Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2008Tragelaphus scriptus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeTragelaphiniBlyth 1863
genusTragelaphusde Blainville 1816
speciesscriptus(Pallas 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 [bushbuck]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 11:05:31
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:05:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Tragelaphus scriptus (22239)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Tragelaphus scriptus (22334)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Tragelaphus scriptus (21353)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Tragelaphus scriptus (95150)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Tragelaphus scriptus (21350)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Tragelaphus scriptus (22491 22494)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Tragelaphus scriptus (21695 21825 21916)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Tragelaphus scriptus (21949)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Tragelaphus scriptus (21854)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Tragelaphus scriptus (22074)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Tanzania Tragelaphus scriptus (22627)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Tragelaphus scriptus (22499)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Tragelaphus scriptus (21347)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781South Africa Tragelaphus scriptus (21961)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Kenya Tragelaphus scriptus (22272 22276)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Ethiopia Tragelaphus scriptus (22129 22138 22156)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Tragelaphus scriptus (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Tragelaphus scriptus (32115)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Tragelaphus scriptus (21933 21938 21959)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Tragelaphus scriptus (83303)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Tragelaphus scriptus (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Tragelaphus scriptus (21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Tragelaphus scriptus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Tragelaphus scriptus (22068 22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Tragelaphus scriptus (21871 208786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Tragelaphus scriptus (21917 21930 96973)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Tragelaphus scriptus (21927 21955)