Raphicerus campestris

(Thunberg, 1811)

Steenbok

Side view
1 / 8
Location:South Africa, Limpopo or Mpumalanga, Kruger National ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1968

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 183

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thunberg, C.P. 1811. Mammalia Capensia, recensita et illustrata. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 3:299-323.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767807

Original name as described

Antilope Campestris

Type locality

Cape of Good Hope.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006173

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 70 names and synonyms.

Antilope grimmia

(Sparrman, 1783)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grimmia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

632

Authority publication

Stockholm

Capra grimmia

(Thunberg, 1788)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grimmius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Uppsala

Antelope Dama

(J. R. Forster, 1790)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dama

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · preoccupied

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb11248844?page=37

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Forster (1790:21, https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb11248844?page=37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69282)

Antelope Grimmia

(J. R. Forster, 1790)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grimmius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb11248844?page=37

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Forster (1790:21, https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb11248844?page=37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69282)

Antelope dama var. rupestris

(J. R. Forster, 1796)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

160

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Antilope Campestris

(Thunberg, 1811)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

313

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767807

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Thunberg (1811:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Antilope Capensis

(Thunberg, 1811)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · preoccupied

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46996434

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Antilope tragulus var. pallida

(H. Lichtenstein, 1812)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Magasin der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope tragulus var. rupestris

(H. Lichtenstein, 1812)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rupestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Magasin der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope tragulus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1812)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tragulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Magasin der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Desmarest (1822:458, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  3. Schinz (1825:475, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  4. Fischer (1829:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  5. Smuts (1832:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  6. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  7. Laurillard (1841:622, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  8. Lesson (1842:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  9. Sundevall (1845:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40490)
  10. Peters (1852:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  11. Peters (1852:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  12. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

60 more names and synonyms available — use the desktop version to see them all.

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.