Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 (greater kudu)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Alternative combinations: Antilope strepsiceros, Strepsiceros strepsiceros

Belongs to Tragelaphus according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 1999

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Heller 1913 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 scriptus, Tragelaphus spekii

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Ethiopia (5), Kenya (41), South Africa (20), Sudan (3), Swaziland (3), Tanzania (17), Zambia (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (5), Malawi (1), South Africa (2)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2)

Total: 105 collections including 118 occurrences

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