Tragelaphus imberbis Blyth 1869

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 : 698

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scientific name	Tragelaphus imberbis Blyth 1869
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Tragelaphus imberbis Blyth 1869 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1869: 55.

Type Locality: " Abyssinia "; now known to be Ethiopia, Shoa Prov.

Vernacular Names: Lesser Kudu.

Distribution: SE Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, SE Sudan, E Tanzania, NE Uganda. Also apparently Yemen and SW Saudi Arabia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: The type specimen was procured in Shoa Prov. by W. C. Harris, possibly at Manyo or Taboo Forest ( Yalden et al., 1984). Arabian records are based on only two specimens ( Harrison and Bates, 1991:192).