Order Artiodactyla
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
637
722
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Taurotragus
Wagner 1855
Taurotragus
Wagner 1855
,
in: Schreber, Die Saugethiere, Suppl., Vol. 5: 438
.
Type Species:
Antilope oreas
Pallas 1777
Species and subspecies:
2 species with 5 subspecies:
Species
Taurotragus derbianus
(Gray 1847)
Subspecies
Taurotragus derbianus
subsp.
derbianus
Gray 1847
Subspecies
Taurotragus derbianus
subsp.
gigas
Heuglin 1863
Species
Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
Subspecies
Taurotragus oryx
subsp.
oryx
Pallas 1766
Subspecies
Taurotragus oryx
subsp.
livingstonei
P. L. Sclater 1864
Subspecies
Taurotragus oryx
subsp.
pattersonianus
Lydekker 1906
Discussion:
This genus has been included in
Tragelaphus
; see
Van
Gelder (1977
a
,
b
) and
Ansell (1978:53)
. Generic rank was restored by
Smithers (1983:679)
,
Meester et al. (1986:216)
, and
Ansell and Dowsett (1988:87)
.