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Taxonomy
Tragelaphus was named by de Blainville (1816). It is extant.
It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Tragelaphini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Grubb (2001) and Hassanin and Douzery (2003); and to Bovinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Tragelaphini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Grubb (2001) and Hassanin and Douzery (2003); and to Bovinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Tragelaphus de Blainville |
| 1988 | Tragelaphus Carroll |
| 1999 | Tragelaphus Hassanin and Douzery p. 893 |
| 2001 | Tragelaphus Grubb p. 376 |
| 2003 | Tragelaphus Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
| 2008 | Tragelaphus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5 |
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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. Tragelaphus de Blainville 1816
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Tragelaphus angasii Gray 1849 [nyala]
†Tragelaphus arkelli Leakey 1965
Tragelaphus buxtoni Lydekker 1910 [mountain nyala]
Tragelaphus derbianus Gray 1847 [giant eland]
Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1837 [bongo]
†Tragelaphus gaudryi Thomas 1884
Tragelaphus imberbis Blythe 1869 [lesser kudu]
†Tragelaphus kyaloae Harris 1991
†Tragelaphus lockwoodi Reed and Bibi 2010
†Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
Tragelaphus oryx Pallas 1766 [common eland]
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 [bushbuck]
Tragelaphus spekii Sclater 1864 [sitatunga]
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 [greater kudu]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: MacFadden et al. 1999, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (311 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | T. strepsiceros, T. angasi (22224) | |
| Miocene - Pleistocene | Ethiopia | T. sp. (22128) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | T. kyaloae (22243) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Kenya | T. sp. A, T. sp. B, T. nakuae (22236) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | T. sp. (22139 22158) T. sp., T. nakuae (22179) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Chalkidona) | T. sp. (182745 182750) | |
| Messinian | Kenya | T. sp. (22274 22307) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Tanzania | T. sp. (22058) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | T. kyaloae (22242) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Kenya (Turkana District) | T. sp. (21332) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | T. strepsiceros, T. angasi (59167) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Kenya | T. kyaloae, T. nakuae (22237) | |
| Zanclean | Ethiopia | T. gaudryi (21737) T. nakuae (22174) T. sp. (22160) T. sp., T. nakuae (22133 22175) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya | T. kyaloae (21510) T. kyaloi, T. kyaloae (22234) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya (Turkana District) | T. sp. (21336) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | T. sp. (22222) T. sp. A, T. sp. B (22221) | |
| Pliocene | Uganda | T. nkondoensis (22264) T. nkondoensis, T. nakuae (22265) | |
| Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | T. sp. (32050) | |
| Pliocene | Kenya | T. kyloae, T. nakuae (22321) | |
| Pliocene | Ethiopia (Afar) | T. pricei, T. strepsiceros, T. nakuae (70907) | |
| Pliocene | Tanzania | T. sp. (22477) | |
| Pliocene | Ethiopia | Bovidae indet. (21755) T. nakuae (21754) | |
| Pliocene | Malawi | T. sp. (22271) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Tanzania | T. sp. (21830) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | T. scriptus, T. kyaloae (22239) | |
| Zanclean - Pliocene | Kenya | T. sp., T. spekei (22267) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Ethiopia | T. nakuae (21739) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | T. angasi (21791) | |
| Zanclean - Calabrian | Kenya | T. strepsiceros (21369) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | T. nakuae (22346) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Malawi | T. angasi (22324 22327) T. strepsiceros (22323) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | T. sp. (207105) T. strepsiceros (21960) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Ethiopia | T. sp. (22568) | |
| Zanclean - Pleistocene | Ethiopia | T. nakuae (22197) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | T. sp. (32052) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | T. sp. (21713) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | T. angasi, Strepsiceros strepsiceros (22340) | |
| Piacenzian | Tanzania | T. sp. (21790 21796 21798 21799 21800 21802 21806 21812 21832) | |
| Piacenzian | Kenya (Turkana District) | T. sp. (21334) | |
| Piacenzian | Ethiopia (Afar) | T. nakuae (224654) | |
| Piacenzian | Ethiopia | T. gaudryi (21549 21634 21636 21640 22030) T. gaudryi, T. nakuae (21608) T. nakuae (21785 21786) T. sp. (21757 21783 22347) | |
| Piacenzian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | T. nakuae (21307 21308 21309) | |
| Piacenzian | Kenya | T. kyaloae, T. nakuae (21435 21485) T. nakuae (21407 21425 21431 21432 21459 21480 21484 21530 21536) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Ethiopia (Afar) | T. nakuae, T. lockwoodi (224657) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kenya (Rift Valley) | T. strepsiceros (21288 21291 21292 21352) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Calabrian | Ethiopia | T. gaudryi (21629) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (22334) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia (Afar) | T. nakuae, T. lockwoodi (224655) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya | T. nakuae (21471 21475) T. strepsiceros (21376 21410 21461) T. strepsiceros, T. nakuae (21398 21420 21457 21474 21503 21504) | |
| Gelasian | Tanzania | T. sp. (21804 21805 21815) T. strepsiceros (22596) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | T. gaudryi, T. nakuae (21286) T. imberbis (21282) T. nakuae (21283 21301 21345) T. scriptus (21353) T. strepsiceros (21342) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | T. gaudryi (21550 21566 21567 21577 21582 21615 21633 21635 21652 21656 21660 21664 21998 22022) T. gaudryi, T. nakuae (21545 21621 21632 21645 21983 21995) T. gaudryi, T. strepsiceros, T. nakuae (21614) T. nakuae (21551 21552 21554 21562 21570 21571 21572 21575 21578 21583 21594 21602 21626 21628 21646 21647 21651 21654 21658 21661 21667 21668 21671 21673 21740 21741 21752 21966 21986 21988 21994 22000 22006 22010 22015 22016 22020 22021 22023 22026 22039) T. pricei (21607) T. sp. (21588 21649 21675 21999) T. sp., T. nakuae (21609) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Algeria | T. gaudryi (69723) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (95150) T. strepsiceros (21824) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (21350) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Tanzania | T. strepsiceros (21974) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | T. strepsiceros (21367 21370 21396 21409 21415 21448 21458 21463 21467 21476 21495 21496 21500 21502 21521) T. strepsiceros, T. nakuae (21402 21462 21472) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | T. anagasi, T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (22494) T. grandis, T. scriptus (22491) T. sp. A (22498) T. strepsiceros (22490) T. strepsiceros, T. nakuae (22492) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (21695 21916) T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros, T. angasi (21825) T. sp. (21931 21953) T. strepsiceros (21828 21929 21956 115205) | |
| Pleistocene | Kenya | T. sp. (21838 21843 22268 22269 22270) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Swaziland | T. strepsiceros (21925) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | T. sp. (22087 22110) T. sp., T. eurycerus, T. scriptus, T. spekei (22074) T. spekei (22103) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros, T. angasi (21949) T. strepsiceros (21711 21948 21950 21957) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (21854) T. strepsiceros (21924) | |
| Calabrian | South Africa | T. scriptus (21961) T. strepsiceros (21923) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | T. nakuae (21299) T. sp., T. scriptus (21347) T. strepsiceros (21296 21343) T. strepsiceros, T. nakuae (21294) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya | T. strepsiceros (21368 21403 21514 21520 32057 32060 32077 32085) | |
| Calabrian | Algeria | T. algericus (22584) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (22627) T. sp., T. arkelli (22041 22064) T. sp., T. strepsiceros, T. arkelli (21970) T. strepsiceros (21971 22616 22625 22626) | |
| Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (22499) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) | T. strepsiceros (22552 22553 22554 22558 22577 22578 22579 22583) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Tanzania | T. strepsiceros (21893) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | T. sp., T. scriptus (22272 22276) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ethiopia | T. scriptus (22129 22138) T. sp. (22134 22170) T. sp., T. scriptus (22156) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Rwanda | T. sp. (129899) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | T. strpsiceros (21709) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | T. strepsiceros (21400) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) | T. scriptus (32115) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros, T. spekei (22066) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | T. strepsiceros (21897 21908) | |
| Holocene | Swaziland | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (21927 21955) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | T. scriptus (21690) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (21693) | |
| Holocene | Zambia | T. scriptus (21895) T. strepsiceros (21894) | |
| Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | T. scriptus (22068) T. sp. (22086 22093 22113) T. sp., T. scriptus (22073) | |
| Holocene | Niger | T. scriptus (83303) | |
| Holocene | Kenya | T. scriptus (21933 21938 21959) | |
| Holocene | Sudan | T. scriptus, T. spekei (208786) T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (21871) T. strepsiceros (21903 208787) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | T. scriptus (21917 96973) T. scriptus, T. strepsiceros (21930) T. strepsiceros (21896) |