Beatragus hunteri

(P. L. Sclater, 1889)

Hirola

Lateral view of two adult males. Also as Herola, Hunter's Hartebeest.
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Location:Kenya, Garissa county, Ijara sub-county (former North Eastern province)Date taken:1 January 2011Description:Lateral view of two adult males. Also as Herola, Hunter's Hartebeest.

Distribution :

N Kenya, S Somalia. Introduced into Tsavo National Park, Kenya.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1728

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Infraorder: Pecora
Superfamily: Bovoidea
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Alcelaphini
Genus: Beatragus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sclater, P.L. 1889-06. Mr. Sclater exhibited some heads and skins of Antelopes shot by Mr. H. C. V. Hunter. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889(1):58-59.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866448

Original name as described

Damalis hunteri

Other common names

Herola · Hunter's Hartebeest

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1889.8.3.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11a54958-3eb1-4e19-8ce4-5f4e6709d329

Type locality

North side of Tana River, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Somalia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006132

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Damalis hunteri

P. L. Sclater, 1889

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.8.3.8

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

on the north side of the river Tana, N.E. Africa

Type locality

Kenya.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11a54958-3eb1-4e19-8ce4-5f4e6709d329

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866448

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Sclater (1889:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68979)

Cobus hunteri

P. L. Sclater, 1889

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type locality

Kenya.

Authority page

260

Authority publication

The Field

Damaliscus hunteri:

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

714

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423595

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:714, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Lydekker (1908:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
Ward (1910:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
Lydekker & Blaine (1914:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9394844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39872)
Allen (1939:480, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Grubb (1993:394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

[Beatragus] hunteri:

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910462

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Heller (1912:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11522)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Groves & Grubb (2011:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6234/50185297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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