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Madoqua (dikdik)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Madoqua was named by Ogilby (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Antilopinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Neotragini by Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Madoqua Ogilby
1988Madoqua Carroll
2001Madoqua Grubb p. 377
2008Madoqua Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Madoqua Gentry p. 759

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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
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeNeotraginiSclater and Thomas 1894
genusMadoquaOgilby 1837

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.

G. Madoqua Ogilby 1837 [dikdik]
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Madoqua guentheri Thomas 1894 [Gunther's dik-dik]
Madoqua kirkii Gunther 1880
Madoqua phillipsi Thomas 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Madoqua sp. (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Madoqua sp. (22139)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Madoqua sp. (22307)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Madoqua sp. (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya Madoqua sp. (22237)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Madoqua sp. (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Madoqua sp. (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Madoqua sp. (22321)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Madoqua sp. (22235)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Madoqua sp. (22323)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Madoqua sp. (21367)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Madoqua sp. (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Madoqua sp. (22548)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Madoqua sp. (21276 21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Madoqua kirki (32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Madoqua kirki (32093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Madoqua kirki (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Madoqua kirki (32090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Madoqua sp. (21935 21938)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Madoqua kirki (21690)