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Oreotragus oreotragus
Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Bovidae > Genus: Oreotragus > Species: Oreotragus oreotragus
Type Description
Zimmermann, E. A. W., von. 1778-1783. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der allgemein verbreiteten vierfussigen Thiere, nebst einer Hieher gehorigen zoologischen Weltcharte. Vol. 2. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfussigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Enthalt ein vollstandiges. Verzeichniss aller bekannten Quadrupeden. Weygandschen Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 3:1-276.
Type Locality
'Die Caffern'; now known to be South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape Dist., False Bay (Grubb, 1999).
Measurements
Head and body: 750-900 mm
Tail length: 64-105 mm
Weight: 8-18 kg
Tail length: 64-105 mm
Weight: 8-18 kg
Description
The bristly hairs and truncated tips of the hooves help to identify this very agile antelope.
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1989. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Large Mammals). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 3C:231-241.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 390-392.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1135, 1186-1187.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 390-392.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1135, 1186-1187.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.