Kobus megaceros

(Fitzinger, 1855)

Nile Lechwe

Side view of lechwe resting. Also as Mrs. Gray's Lechwe|Mrs. Gray's Waterbuck.
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Location:Germany, Lower Saxony, Hannover Adventure ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1988

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1012

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fitzinger, L.J.F.J. 1855. Bericht an die kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften über die von dem Herrn Consulatsverweser Dr. Theodor v. Heuglin für die kaiserliche menagerie zu Schönbrunn mitgebrachten lebenden Thiere. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 17:242-253.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34647008

Original name as described

Adenota megaceros

Other common names

Mrs. Gray's Lechwe · Mrs. Gray's Waterbuck

Type material

SMNS 588

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Awan, Bahr-el-Ghazal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Sudan · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006248

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: 9 names and synonyms.

Adenota megaceros

(Fitzinger, 1855)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

megaceros

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 588

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34647008

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Dieterlen, Turni & Marquart (2013:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34036)

Kobus Maria

J. E. Gray, 1859

Family

Bovidae

Root name

maria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1859.9.22.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/54f6160b-5452-4eef-bfab-70d212e536f3

Authority page

297

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638212

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1872:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope megaceros

(von Heuglin, 1869)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

megaceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Heuglin (1869:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69170)

Cobus mariae

Ward, 1892

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mariae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

91

Authority publication

London

Cobus maria

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Bovidae

Root name

maria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

720

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423601

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1905:720, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  2. Lydekker (1908:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Ward (1910:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Onotragus maria

(Matschie, 1911)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

maria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

103

Authority publication

Deutsche Jäger-Zeitung

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1911:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67350)
  2. Schwarz (1914:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)

Kobus mariæ

Pocock, 1911

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mariae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

915

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561427

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Pocock (1911:915, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67432)

Onotragus megaceros

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

megaceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

519

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360500

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:519, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  2. Allen (1939:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Kobus megaceros

Wurster & Benirschke, 1968

Family

Bovidae

Root name

megaceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

154

Authority publication

Chromosoma

Name usages

  1. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Grubb (1993:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  6. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  10. Groves & Grubb (2011:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  11. Dieterlen, Turni & Marquart (2013:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34036)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11034/50189177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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