Bovidae Gray 1821
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Bovidae

description: Bovidae Gray 1821
Bovidae Gray 1821, London Med. Repos., 15: 308.
Genera: 50 genera with 143 species in 8 subfamilies:
Subfamily Aepycerotinae Gray 1872
Genus Aepyceros Sundevall 1845 (1 species with 6 subspecies)
Subfamily Alcelaphinae Brooke 1876
Genus Alcelaphus de Blainville 1816 (3 species with 6 subspecies)
Genus Beatragus Heller 1912 (1 species)
Genus Connochaetes Lichtenstein 1812 (2 species with 5 subspecies)
Genus Damaliscus Sclater and Thomas 1894 (4 species with 5 subspecies)
Subfamily Antilopinae Gray 1821
Genus Ammodorcas Thomas 1891 (1 species)
Genus Antidorcas Sundevall 1845 (1 species with 3 subspecies)
Genus Antilope Pallas 1766 (1 species with 2 subspecies)
Genus Dorcatragus Noack 1894 (1 species)
Genus Eudorcas Fitzinger 1869 (3 species with 7 subspecies)
Genus Gazella de Blainville 1816 (10 species with 26 subspecies)
Genus Litocranius Kohl 1886 (1 species with 2 subspecies)
Genus Madoqua Ogilby 1836 (4 species with 11 subspecies)
Genus Nanger Lataste 1885 (3 species with 11 subspecies)
Genus Neotragus C. H. Smith 1827 (3 species with 4 subspecies)
Genus Oreotragus A. Smith 1834 (1 species with 5 subspecies)
Genus Ourebia Laurillard 1842 (1 species with 8 subspecies)
Genus Procapra Hodgson 1846 (3 species with 2 subspecies)
Genus Raphicerus C. H. Smith 1827 (3 species with 4 subspecies)
Genus Saiga Gray 1843 (2 species with 2 subspecies)
Subfamily Bovinae Gray 1821
Genus Bison H. Smith 1827 (2 species with 3 subspecies)
Genus Bos Linnaeus 1758 (5 species with 11 subspecies)
Genus Boselaphus de Blainville 1816 (1 species)
Genus Bubalus C. H. Smith 1827 (4 species with 6 subspecies)
Genus Pseudoryx Dung, Giao, Chinh, Tuoc, Arctander and MacKinnon 1993 (1 species)
Genus Syncerus Hodgson 1847 (1 species with 5 subspecies)
Genus Taurotragus Wagner 1855 (2 species with 5 subspecies)
Genus Tetracerus Leach 1825 (1 species with 3 subspecies)
Genus Tragelaphus de Blainville 1816 (7 species with 18 subspecies)
Subfamily Caprinae Gray 1821
Genus Ammotragus Blyth 1840 (1 species with 6 subspecies)
Genus Budorcas Hodgson 1850 (1 species with 4 subspecies)
Genus Capra Linnaeus 1758 (8 species with 12 subspecies)
Genus Capricornis Ogilby 1836 (6 species with 2 subspecies)
Genus Hemitragus Hodgson 1841 (3 species)
Genus Naemorhedus C. H. Smith 1827 (4 species with 4 subspecies)
Genus Oreamnos Rafinesque 1817 (1 species)
Genus Ovibos de Blainville 1816 (1 species)
Genus Ovis Linnaeus 1758 (5 species with 30 subspecies)
Genus Pantholops Hodgson 1834 (1 species)
Genus Pseudois Hodgson 1846 (2 species)
Genus Rupicapra de Blainville 1816 (2 species with 7 subspecies)
Subfamily Cephalophinae Gray 1871
Genus Cephalophus C. H. Smith 1827 (15 species with 21 subspecies)
Genus Philantomba Blyth 1840 (2 species with 14 subspecies)
Genus Sylvicapra Ogilby 1836 (1 species with 13 subspecies)
Subfamily Hippotraginae Sundevall 1845
Genus Addax Laurillard 1841 (1 species)
Genus Hippotragus Sundevall 1845 (3 species with 10 subspecies)
Genus Oryx de Blainville 1816 (4 species with 2 subspecies)
Subfamily Reduncinae Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
Genus Kobus A. Smith 1840 (5 species with 27 subspecies)
Genus Pelea Gray 1850 (1 species)
Genus Redunca C. H. Smith 1827 (3 species with 10 subspecies)
Discussion: Distribution and status of introduced populations reviewed by Lever (1985). Distribution and status of African species reviewed by East (1988, 1989, 1990) and East et al. (1999). Systematics of African species reviewed by Ansell (1972) and Gentry (1972). Family-group names reviewed by Grubb (2001 b). Evidence is accumulating that all Bovidae other than Bovinae constitute a monophyletic clade (Hassanin and Douzery, 1999 a; Kingdon, 1982; Vrba and Schaller, 2000). Within this section of Bovidae some conventional subfamilies are probably paraphyletic if not polyphyletic and until monophyletic clades are defined and downgraded into tribes, Aepycerotinae, Alcelaphinae, Antilopinae, Caprinae, Cephalophinae, Hippotraginae, and Reduncinae are retained here as subfamilies. The synonymy of the following names remains undecided: Ixalus Ogilby, 1836, Adenota mengesi Neumann, 1900, Antilope mazama C. H. Smith, 1821, Antilope koba Erxleben, 1777, Antilope temamazama C. H. Smith, 1821, Ixalus probaton Ogilby, 1836. Cervus guineensis Linnaeus, 1758 is possibly a bovid if correctly reported from Guinea (= West Africa).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 673, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519