Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 (bushbuck)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Alternative combination: Antilope scripta

Belongs to Tragelaphus according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

See also Hassanin and Douzery 1999 and Peters 1990

Sister taxa: Tragelaphus angasii, Tragelaphus arkelli, Tragelaphus buxtoni, Tragelaphus derbianus, Tragelaphus eurycerus, Tragelaphus gaudryi, Tragelaphus imberbis, Tragelaphus kyaloae, Tragelaphus lockwoodi, Tragelaphus nakuae, Tragelaphus oryx, Tragelaphus spekii, Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (4 collections), Ethiopia (6), Kenya (9), Niger (1), South Africa (10), Sudan (2), Swaziland (2), Tanzania (2), Zambia (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence

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