Taurotragus Wagner 1855

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 696

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scientific name	Taurotragus Wagner 1855
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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).