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Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu)

Mammalia - Bovidae

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

It was recombined as Strepsiceros strepsiceros by Heller (1913); it was recombined as Tragelaphus strepsiceros by Peters (1990), Hassanin and Douzery (1999) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. anagasi, T. grandis, T. kyaloi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Antilope strepsiceros Pallas
1913Strepsiceros strepsiceros Heller p. 3
1990Tragelaphus strepsiceros Peters p. 88
1999Tragelaphus strepsiceros Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2008Tragelaphus strepsiceros 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
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
speciesstrepsiceros(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 strepsiceros Pallas 1766 [greater kudu]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, 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 (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (22224)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (70907)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21369)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Tragelaphus strepsiceros (22323)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21960)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Strepsiceros strepsiceros (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21288 21291 21292 21352)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (22334)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Tragelaphus strepsiceros (22596)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21376 21398 21410 21420 21457 21461 21474 21503 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21614)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21824 95150)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (22490 22492 22494)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21350)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21367 21370 21396 21402 21409 21415 21448 21458 21462 21463 21467 21472 21476 21495 21496 21500 21502 21521)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21974)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21695 21825 21828 21916 21929 21956 115205)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21711 21948 21949 21950 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21854 21924)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (22552 22553 22554 22558 22577 22578 22579 22583)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (22499)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21294 21296 21343)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21923)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21368 21403 21514 21520 32057 32060 32077 32085)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21970 21971 22616 22625 22626 22627)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21893)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21897 21908)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21896 21930)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21871 21903 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Tragelaphus strepsiceros (21927 21955)