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:1 January 1988Description:Side view of lechwe resting. Also as Mrs. Gray's Lechwe, Mrs. Gray's Waterbuck.

Distribution :

S Sudan, W Ethiopia

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

Ethiopia · South Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006248

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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: 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

Original type locality

vom Bahr el abiad, unter dem 7. Grade nördlicher Breite.

Type locality

South Sudan.

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

Original type locality

Awan · Awan Bahr il Gazal (lat. 6° 70' N.), in Central Africa

Type locality

South Sudan.

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

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

Trouessart (1905:720, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Lydekker (1908:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
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

Matschie (1911:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67350)
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

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:519, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
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

Wurster & Benirschke (1968:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Grubb (1993:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Groves & Grubb (2011:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Dieterlen, Turni & Marquart (2013:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34036)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
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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