Hyemoschus aquaticus
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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).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AB6A4FBA464988A6B3A53F4B8CD52B4B (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/98D7D3290E32F4449D946BF3FEA7A77B (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231541348 (URL)
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.