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Tragelaphus spekii (sitatunga)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Tragelaphus spekii was named by Sclater (1864). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Tragelaphus spekii Sclater
1990Tragelaphus spekei Peters p. 87
1999Tragelaphus spekii Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2008Tragelaphus spekii Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeTragelaphiniBlyth 1863
genusTragelaphusde Blainville 1816
speciesspekiiSclater 1864

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 spekii Sclater 1864 [sitatunga]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: MacFadden et al. 1999, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Tragelaphus spekei (22267)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Tragelaphus spekei (22074 22103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Tragelaphus spekei (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Tragelaphus spekei (208786)