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Oreotragus (klipspringer)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Oreotragus was named by Smith (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Neotragini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).

Species
O. oreotragus
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. major

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Oreotragus Smith
1988Oreotragus Carroll
1999Oreotragus Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2001Oreotragus Grubb p. 377
2010Oreotragus 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
genusOreotragusSmith 1834

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. Oreotragus Smith 1834 [klipspringer]
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Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 [klipspringer]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available