Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846
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Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846
Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846, in: Sundevall, Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl., Stockholm, Vol. 3, 7: 221.
Type Locality: "in Chapani (Anglis French island) occisa insula prope Zanzibar in Lat. Austr. 6°9', Long. Orient. 39°14' a Greenwich sita, fructibus dense tecta et fonte irrigata" (Tanzania, Chapani Isl, 3 km from Zanzibar).
Vernacular Names: Suni.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. moschatus Von Dueben 1846
Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. kirchenpaueri Pagenstecher 1885
Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. livingstonianus Kirk 1865
Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. zuluensis Thomas 1898
Distribution: SE Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E Limpopo and E Mpumalanga Provs.), E Tanzania (including Zanzibar and Mafia Isls), NE Zimbabwe.
Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as N. m. moschatus; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).
Discussion: Includes livingstonianus (Ellerman et al., 1953). Revised by Grubb (1989) who recognised nominate moschatus division (including kirchenpaueri) and livingstonianus division (including zuluensis), differing in dimensions and separated by Zambezi River; representatives of these divisions (cf. akeleyi and zuluensis) differ in chromosome complement (2n = 52 and 56 respectively) (Kingswood et al., 1998 a). Regarded as three evolutionary species (N. moschatus, N. livingsonianus, and N. zanzibaricus) by Cotterill (2003 b), but zanzibaricus appears to be an objective synonym of moschatus.
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AB6A4FBA464988A6B3A53F4B8CD52B4B (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/1B773BB27946E4B3DB94B03AB2B0CAF7 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231541079 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Von Dueben
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Neotragus
- Species
- moschatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Neotragus moschatus Dueben, 1846 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Grubb, P. 1989. The systematic status of the suni (Neotragus moschatus) in Malawi. Nyala, 13: 21 - 27.
- Kingswood, S. C., A. T. Kumamoto, S. J. Charter, and M. L. Jones. 1998 a. Cryptic chromosomal variation in suni Neotragus moschatus (Artiodactyla, Bovidae). Animal Conservation, 1: 95 - 100.
- Cotterill, F. P. D. 2003 b. Species concepts and the real diversity of antelopes. Pp. 59 - 118, in Ecology and conservation of small antelope (A. Plowman, ed.). Filander Verlag, Furth, 262 pp.