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Hyemoschus aquaticus

Description

Hyemoschus aquaticus (Ogilby 1841)

[Moschus] aquaticus Ogilby 1841, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840: 35.

Type Locality: " Sierra Leone ".

Vernacular Names: Water Chevrotain.

Synonyms: Hyemoschus batesi (Lydekker 1906); Hyemoschus cottoni (Lydekker 1906); Hyemoschus typicus (Lydekker 1906).

Distribution: W Africa in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone; C Africa in Angola (Cabinda), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini), Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, and Bwamba Forest of Semliki Valley, Uganda, where not known to survive according to East et al. (1999) but seems likely to be present according to Kingdon's (1979) account. Supposed occurrence in Benin, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, and Togo unsupported by evidence.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Ghana); IUCN – Data Deficient (DSG recommended).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 648, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ogilby
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Tragulidae
Genus
Hyemoschus
Species
aquaticus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hyemoschus aquaticus (Ogilby, 1841) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • East, R., and IUCN / SSC Antelope Specialist Group (eds.) 1999. African antelope database 1988. I. U. C. N., Gland, Switzerland, 434 pp.
  • Kingdon, J. 1979. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Large Mammals). Academic Press, London, 3 B: 1 - 436.