Tragelaphus buxtoni

(Lydekker, 1910)

Gedemsa

Side view of male. Also as Mountain Nyala.
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Location:Ethiopia, Oromia region, Bale Mountains National ParkDate taken:UnknownDescription:Side view of male. Also as Mountain Nyala.

Distribution :

Ethiopia E of Rift Valley

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 842

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Infraorder: Pecora
Superfamily: Bovoidea
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Tribe: Tragelaphini
Genus: Tragelaphus
Subgenus: Tragelaphus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lydekker, R. 1910-09. The spotted kudu. Nature 84(2135):396-397.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28564065

Original name as described

Strepsiceros buxtoni

Other common names

Mountain Nyala

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.11.29.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40690c23-8db6-4bec-ae36-9363bee4313f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7bebb12e-550a-46b3-86e3-493c127ad42b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/abdc21b2-06ad-4ffe-97e5-474feaff81c1

Type locality

"Arusi plateau of Gallaland, in the Sahatu Mountains, and south-east of Lake Zwei [Zwai], at an estimated height of 9000 feet [2, 700 m] above sea level", Bak Province, Ethiopia, east of the Rift Valley.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006276

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Tragelaphus buxtoni:

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

buxtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015955

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
Allen (1939:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Grubb (1993:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22046/115164345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Strepsiceros buxtoni

Lydekker, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

buxtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.11.29.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

the west of the Arusi plateau of Gallaland, in the Sahatu Mountains, and south-east of Lake Zwei, at an estimated height of 9000 feet above sea-level.

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40690c23-8db6-4bec-ae36-9363bee4313f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7bebb12e-550a-46b3-86e3-493c127ad42b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/abdc21b2-06ad-4ffe-97e5-474feaff81c1

Authority page

397

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28564065

Authority publication

Nature

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