Hippotragus equinus (Desmarest, 1804) . Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1 st ed., p. 24.
TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown; perhaps N. South Africa, Lataku .
DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Ethiopia; N. Angola to Kenya and W. Mozambique, south to N. South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301419009015001001.