Revolutionary new taxonomy of Bovidae

Yesterday I received a long waiting "Handbook of the Mammals of the World - vol.II Hoofed Mammals"

There is establishment of entire new systematics of family Bovidae. Based on the Colin Groves new taxonomy(PSC) Bovidae expand from 143 to 279 species! A lot subspecies become full species.

There is 41 species of duikers, 11 species Klipspringer, 18 Hartebeests, 4 Cape Buffalos, 8 Bushbuck, 4 Greater Kudu ...

It seems to be a huge cornerstone in Mammalogy.

It's interesting that Primatology already accepted Colin Groves's Phylogenetic species concept, few years ago and Primates now are 418 species!

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That is very very very interesting!!! Thank you very much!!!

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Sounds fantastic, thanks for the information!

Gosh
So the number of species almost doubled !!!!
Some of those must be terribly difficult to distinguish, - like 4 species of cape buffaloes, 18 hartebeests etc...

The book looks very large - is it possible for you to scan an example, please ?
I know it can be impossible if you have a small scanner and the book is heavy and large.

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Sounds fantastic, thanks for the information!

Dear, Harriet
HMW2 is actually, fantastic! Personally, I'm waiting this book, since I was kid, but never dreamed it would be so unique!

The new species Verheyen's Duiker (Philantomba walteri) found in 2010 is also inside.

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Gosh Shocked
So the number of species almost doubled !!!!
Some of those must be terribly difficult to distinguish, - like 4 species of cape buffaloes, 18 hartebeests etc... scratch

The book looks very large - is it possible for you to scan an example, please ?
I know it can be impossible if you have a small scanner and the book is heavy and large.

Dear, Susanne
Unfortunately, I haven't scaner, but if you want some particular information, pleace ask. In fact, 4 species of Cape Buffalo are very interesting and highly distinguishable.

This is all new Bovidae taxonomy


Aurochs (Bos primigenius) - extinct

Gaur (Bos gaurus)

Banteng (Bos javanicus)

Kouprey (Bos sauveli)

Wisent/European/Polish/Lowland Bison (Bos bonasus)

Caucasian Bison (Bos caucasicus)

American Bison (Bos bison)

Yak (Bos mutus)

Asian Wild Buffalo (Bubalus arnee)

Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)



Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)

Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)


Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Lake Chad Buffalo (Syncerus brachyceros)

Virgunga Buffalo (Synceros mathewsi)

Forest/Red Buffalo (Synceros nanus)

Saola/Spindlehorn/Vu Quang Ox (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)



Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)

Chowsingha/Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)

Nyala (Nyala angasii)

Western Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)

Central Bushbuck (Tragelaphus phaleratus)

Nile Bushbuck (Tragelaphus bor)

Lake Tana Bushbuck (Tragelaphus decula)

Ethiopian Highlands Bushbuck (Tragelaphus meneliki)

Eastern Coastal Bushbuck (Tragelaphus fasciatus)

Chobe Bushbuck (Tragelaphus ornatus)

Cape Bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus)



Lake Victoria Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii)

Nkosi Island Sitatunga (Tragelaphus sylvestris)

Nile Sitatunga (Tragelaphus larkenii)

Western Sitatunga (Tragelaphus gratus)

Zambezi Sitatunga (Tragelaphus selousi)


Mountain Nyala/Gedesma (Tragelaphus buxtoni)

Bongo (Tragelaphus euryceros)

Northern Lesser Kudu (Ammelaphus imberbis)

Southern Lesser Kudu (Ammelaphus australis)

Cape Kudu (Strepsiceros strepsiceros)

Zambezi Kudu (Strepsiceros zambesiensis)

Northern Kudu (Strepsiceros chora)

Western Kudu (Strepsiceros cottoni)

Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx)

Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus)

Royal Antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus)

Dwarf Antelope (Neotragus batesi)

Mountain Suni (Neotragus kirchenpaueri)

Coastal Suni (Neotragus moschatus)

Livingstone's Suni (Neotragus livingstonianus)


Black-faced Impala (Aepyceros petersi)

Common Impala (Aepyceros melampus)



Cape Grysbok (Raphicerus melanotis)

Sharpe's Grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei)

Limpopo Grysbok (Raphicerus colonicus)

Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)



Cape Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)

Kalahari Springbok (Antidorcas hofmeyeri)

Angolan Springbok (Antidorcas angolensis)



Dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei)

Southern Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)

Northern Gereneuk (Litocranius sclateri)



Western Saiga (Saiga tartarica)

Mongolian Saiga (Saiga mongolica)

Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)



Grant's Gazelle complex

Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti)

Bright's Gazelle (Nanger notata)

Peter's Gazelle (Nanger petersi)



Soemmerring's Gazelle (Nanger soemmerringi)

Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama)

Slender-horned Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros)

Cuvier's Gazelle (Gazella cuvieri)



Goitered Gazelle complex

Sand Gazelle (Gazella marica)

Persian Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)

Turkmen Gazelle (Gazella gracilicornis)

Yarkand Gazelle (Gazella yarkandensis)



Dorcas Gazelle complex

Dorcas Gazelle (Gazella dorcas)

Saudi Gazelle (Gazella saudiya)

Pelzeln's Gazelle (Gazella pelzelni)



Middle Eastern Gazelles

Mountain Gazelle (Gazella gazella)

Acacia Gazelle (Gazella acaciae)

Arabian Desert Gazelle (Gazella cora)

Arabian Coastal Gazelle (Gazella erlangeri)

Muscat Gazelle (Gazella muscatensis)

Farrur Gazelle (Gazella dareshurii)

Bushehr Gazelle (Gazella karamii)

Bilkis Gazelle (Gazella bilkis) - extinct

Farasan Gazelle (Gazella arabica) - extinct

Speke's Gazelle (Gazella spekei)



Indian Gazelle complex

Western Jebeer (Gazella shikarii)

Eastern Jebeer (Gazella fuscifrons)

Deccan Chinkara (Gazella bennettii)

Gujarat Chinkara (Gazella christii)

Salt Range Gazelle (Gazella salinarum)


Red-fronted Gazelle complex

Red-fronted Gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons)

Eritrean Gazelle (Eudorcas tilonura)

Mongalla Gazelle (Eudorcas albonotata)

Eastern Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsoni)

Serengeti Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas nasalis)

Red Gazelle (Eudorcas rufina) - extinct



Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis)

Salt's Dik-Dik complex

Salt's Dik-Dik (Madoqua saltiana)

Phillip's Dik-Dik (Madoqua phillipsi)

Harar Dik-Dik (Madoqua hararensis)

Swayne's Dik-Dik (Madoqua swaynei)

Lawrance's Dik-Dik (Madoqua lawrancei)


Silver Dik-Dik (Madoqua piacentinii)

Damara Dik-Dik ([Madoqua damarensis)



Kirk's Dik-Dik complex

Thomas's Dik-Dik (Madoqua thomasi)

Hinde's Dik-Dik (Madoqua hindei)

Kirk's Dik-Dik (Madoqua kirkii)

Cavendish's Dik-Dik (Madoqua cavendishi)

Gunther's Dik-Dik (Madoqua guentheri)


Western Oribi (Ourebia quadriscopa)

Sudan Oribi (Ourebia montana)

Central Oribi (Ourebia hastata)

Cape Oribi (Ourebia ourebi)



Tibetan Gazelle (Procapra picticaudata)

Przewalski's Gazelle (Procapra przewalskii)

Mongolian Gazelle (Procapra gutturosa)


Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum)

Zambian Reedbuck (Redunca occidentalis)

Nigerian Reedbuck (Redunca nigeriensis)

Sudan Reedbuck (Redunca cottoni)

Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca bohor)


Mountain Reedbuck complex

Southern Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula)

Chanler's Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca chanleri)

Adamawa Reedbuck (Redunca adamauae)

Red Lechwe (Kobus leche)

Upemba Lechwe (Kobus anselli)

Kafue Flats Lechwe (Kobus kafuensis)

Black Lechwe (Kobus smithemani)

Robert's Lechwe (Kobus robertsi) - extinct

Nile Lechwe (Kobus megaceros)



Kob complex

Buffon's Kob (Kobus kob)

Loder's Kob (Kobus loderi)

Uganda Kob (Kobus thomasi)

White-eared Kob (Kobus leucotis)


Puku (Kobus vardoni)

Ellipsen Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsprymnus)

Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus defassa)

Rhebok (Pelea capreolus)



Blaubuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus) - extinct

Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus)

Southern Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger)

Roosevelt's Sable Antelope (Hippotragus roosevelti)

Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)



Beisa Oryx (Oryx beisa)

Galla Oryx (Oryx gallarum)

Fringe-eared Oryx (Oryx callotis)

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella)

Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah)

Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx)



Hartebeest complex

Bubal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) - extinct

Western Hartebeest (Alcelaphus major)

Lelwel Hartebeest (Alcelaphus lelwel)

Tora Hartebeest (Alcelaphus tora) - extinct

Swayne's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus swaynei)

Kongoni - (Alcelaphus cokii)

Lichenstein's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteini)

Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama)



Herola (Beatragus hunteri)

Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus)

Blesbok (Damaliscus phillipsi)

Western Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)

Bangweulu Tsessebe (Damaliscus superstes)



korrigum complex

Korrigum (Damaliscus korrigum)

Tiang (Damaliscus tiang)

Guasin-Gishu Topi (Damaliscus selousi) - extinct

Uganda Topi (Damaliscus ugandae)

Ruaha Topi (Damaliscus eurus)

Serengeti Topi (Damaliscus jimela)

Coastal Topi (Damaliscus topi)



Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou)

Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)

Johnston's Wildebeest (Connochaetes johnstoni)

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes albojubatus)

Serengeti White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes mearnsi)



Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)



Rocky Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)



Takin complex

Mishmi Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)

Bhutan Takin (Budorcas whitei)

Sichuan Takin (Budorcas tibetanus)

Golden Takin (Budorcas bedfordi)



Aoudad (Ammotragus lervia)

Arabian Tahr (Arabitragus jayakari)

Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)

Greater Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur)

Dwarf Blue Sheep (Pseudois schaeferi)

Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus)

Markhor (Capra falconeri)

Iberian Ibex (Capra pyrenaica)

Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana)

Walia Ibex (Capra walie)

Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex)

Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica)

Kuban Tur (Capra caucasica)

Daghestan Tur (Capra cylindricornis)

Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)



Red Sheep complex

Anatolian Sheep (Ovis gmelini)

Istafan Sheep (Ovis isphaganica)

Laristan Sheep (Ovis laristanica)



Urial complex

Ladakh Urial (Ovis vignei)

Punjab Urial (Ovis punjabiensis)

Bukhara Urial (Ovis bochariensis)

Arabian Wild Sheep (Ovis arabica)

Afghan Urial (Ovis cycloceros)


Argali complex

Severtzov's Argali (Ovis severtzovi)

Karatau Argali (Ovis nigrimontana)

Tianshan Argali (Ovis karelini)

Kazakhstan Argali (Ovis collium)

Marco Polo Argali (Ovis polii)

Tibetan Argali (Ovis hodgsoni)

Altai Argali (Ovis ammon)

Gobi Argali (Ovis darwini)

Shansi Argali (Ovis jubata) - extinct



Snow Sheep (Ovis nivicola)

Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)

Dall's Sheep (Ovis dalli)

Cave Goat (Myotragus balearicus) - extinct


Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica)

Abruzzi Chamois (Rupicapra ornata)

Cantabrian Chamois (Rupicapra parva)

Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicabra)

Carpathian Chamois (Rubicapra carpatica)

Asia Minor Chamois (Rubicapra asiatica)

Balkan Chamois (?Rubicapra balcanica)



Himalayan Brown Goral (Nemorhaedus goral)

Himalayan Gray Goral (Nemorhaedus bedfordi)

Chinese Goral (Nemorhaedus griseus)

Burmese Goral (Nemorhaedus evansi)

Long-tailed Goral (Nemorhaedus caudatus)

Red Goral (Nemorhaedus baileyi)



Sumatran Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis)

Himalayan Serow (Capricornis thar)

White-maned Serow (Capricornis milneedwardsi)

Indochinese Serow (Capricornis maritimus)

Burmese Red Serow (Capricornis rubidus)

Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus)

Formosan Serow (Capricornis swinhoei)



Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)



Bush Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)

Sahel Duiker (Sylvicapra pallidior)

Crowned Duiker (Sylvicapra coronata)

Maxwell's Duiker (Philantomba maxwelli)

Verheyen's Duiker (Philantomba walteri)



Blue Duiker complex

Western Blue Duiker (Philantomba congicus)

Bioko Blue Duiker (Philantomba melanorheus)

Eastern Blue Duiker (Philantomba aequatorialis)

Mountain Blue Duiker (Philantomba lugens)

Simpson's Blue Duiker (Philantomba simpsoni)

Malawi Blue Duiker (Philantomba hecki)

Zimbabwe Blue Duiker (Philantomba bicolor)

Cape Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola)

Angolan Blue Duiker (Philantomba anchietae)

Zambian Blue Duiker (Philantomba defriesi)



Banded/Zebra Duiker (Cephalophus zebra)

Western Bay Duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis)

Eastern Bay Duiker (Cephalophus castaneus)

Jentink's Duiker (Cephalophus jentinki)

Western Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor)

Eastern Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus curticeps)

Abbott's Duiker (Cephalophus spadix)

Black Duiker (Cephalophus niger)

Ogilby's Duiker (Cephalophus ogilbyi)

White-legged Duiker (Cephalophus crusalbum)

Brooke's Duiker (Cephalophus brookei)

Peters's Duiker (Cephalophus callipygus)

Weyn's Duiker (Cephalophus weynsi)

Johnston's Duiker (Cephalophus johnstoni)

Lestrade's Duiker (Cephalophus lestradei)

Ader's Duiker (Cephalophus adersi)

Western White-bellied Duiker (Cephalophus leucogaster)

Uele White-bellied Duiker (Cephalophus arrhenii)

Red-flanked Duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus)

Natal Red Duiker (Cephalophus natalensis)

Harvey's Duiker (Cephalophus harveyi)



Black-fronted Duiker complex

Black-fronted Duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons)

Itombwe Duiker (Cephalophus hypoxanthus)

Rwenzori Duiker (Cephalophus rubidus)

Mount Elgon Duiker (Cephalophus fosteri)

Mount Kenya Duiker (Cephalophus hooki)



Klipspringer complex

Cape Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)

Transvaal Klipspringer (Oreotragus transvaalensis)

Stevenson's Klipspringer (Oreotragus stevensoni)

Angolan Klipspringer (Oreotragus tyleri)

Zambian Klipspringer (Oreotragus centralis)

Noack's Klipspringer (Oreotragus aceratos)

Masai Klipspringer (Oreotragus schillingsi)

Golden Klipspringer (Oreotragus aureus)

Ethiopian Klipspringer (Oreotragus saltrixoides)

Somali Klipspringer (Oreotragus somalicus)

Nigerian Klipspringer (Oreotragus porteousi)

Wow, all these books Congratulations for this book Konstantin, it must be amazing It also very interesting about so many news in taxonomy Thank You very much for sharing!!!!

ana wrote:

Wow, all these books Congratulations for this book Konstantin, it must be amazing It also very interesting about so many news in taxonomy Thank You very much for sharing!!!!

Thanks, Dear Ana.It's good that all species are very good illustrated in book, even some accounts of new described species are not so complete. Actually the scientist just start to consider the new taxonomy. Is just mentioned in newest Antelope specialist group report [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]