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The '''bushbuck''' (''Tragelaphus scriptus scriptus'') is the nominate taxon of the [[bushbuck]]. It is a small to medium-sized [[antelope]] widespread in Africa. The [[Cape bushbuck]] is a southern and eastern subspecies which is recognised by some authors, which found evidence to consider the northern and southern populations to belong to a different [[subspecies]] in 2007.<ref>Moodley Y, Bruford MW, Bleidorn C, Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M (2008) Analysis of mitochondrial DNA data reveals non-monophyly in the bushbuck (''Tragelaphus scriptus'') complex. ''Mammalian Biology'', {{doi|10.1016/j.mambio.2008.05.003}}</ref><ref>Wronski T, Moodley Y. (2009) Bushbuck, harnessed antelope or both? ''Gnusletter'', '''28'''(1):18-19.</ref> |
The '''bushbuck''' (''Tragelaphus scriptus scriptus'') is the nominate taxon of the [[bushbuck]]. It is a small to medium-sized [[antelope]] widespread in Africa. The [[Cape bushbuck]] is a southern and eastern subspecies which is recognised by some authors, which found evidence to consider the northern and southern populations to belong to a different [[subspecies]] in 2007.<ref>Moodley Y, Bruford MW, Bleidorn C, Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M (2008) Analysis of mitochondrial DNA data reveals non-monophyly in the bushbuck (''Tragelaphus scriptus'') complex. ''Mammalian Biology'', {{doi|10.1016/j.mambio.2008.05.003}}</ref><ref>Wronski T, Moodley Y. (2009) Bushbuck, harnessed antelope or both? ''Gnusletter'', '''28'''(1):18-19.</ref> |
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==Taxonomy== |
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| ⚫ | 19 genetically-based groupings were found in a 2007 study, some do not correspond to previously described subspecies, eight of these were grouped under the nominate taxon. Former subspecies included as synonyms to the nominate taxon are ''phaleratus'', ''bor'' and ''dodingae''.<ref name=Moodley2007>Moodley Y, Bruford MW. (2007) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1866246/ Molecular biogeography: Towards an integrated framework for conserving pan-African biodiversity]. ''PLoS ONE''. 2:e454.</ref> |
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| ⚫ | 19 genetically-based groupings were found in a 2007 study, some do not correspond to previously described subspecies, eight of these were grouped under the nominate taxon. Former subspecies included as synonyms to the nominate taxon are ''phaleratus'', ''bor'' and ''dodingae'' |
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| ⚫ | Bushbucks in general smaller are than other tragelaphines, with a mainly red or yellow-brown ground colour. The West African population is conspicuously striped with several vertical and at least one horizontal stripe. The conspicuousness of its patterning tends to attenuate slightly in a west to east cline along the species range, being least striking in the ''decula'' population of Ethiopia. |
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==Distribution== |
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The nominate taxon occurs in Senegal, [[Gambia]], [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Ghana]] and in the Niger Basin in [[Nigeria]] as far east as the Cross River, south of the Bamenda Highlands through [[Cameroon]], [[Chad]], the Central African Republic to the [[Nile]] in [[South Sudan]] (?) and northern [[Uganda]], Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo to northern [[Angola]].<ref name=Moodley2007/> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Tragelaphus |
| Species: | T. scriptus
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| Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas, 1766)
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The bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus scriptus) is the nominate taxon of the bushbuck. It is a small to medium-sized antelope widespread in Africa. The Cape bushbuck is a southern and eastern subspecies which is recognised by some authors, which found evidence to consider the northern and southern populations to belong to a different subspecies in 2007.[1][2]
Taxonomy
19 genetically-based groupings were found in a 2007 study, some do not correspond to previously described subspecies, eight of these were grouped under the nominate taxon. Former subspecies included as synonyms to the nominate taxon are phaleratus, bor and dodingae.[3]
As the first of the bushbucks to be described by Pallas in 1766 as Antilope scripta from Senegal, it retains the original species name for the bushbuck.
Description
Bushbucks in general smaller are than other tragelaphines, with a mainly red or yellow-brown ground colour. The West African population is conspicuously striped with several vertical and at least one horizontal stripe. The conspicuousness of its patterning tends to attenuate slightly in a west to east cline along the species range, being least striking in the decula population of Ethiopia.
Distribution
The nominate taxon occurs in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana and in the Niger Basin in Nigeria as far east as the Cross River, south of the Bamenda Highlands through Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic to the Nile in South Sudan (?) and northern Uganda, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo to northern Angola.[3]
Ecology
It is common across its broad geographic distribution and is found in wooded savannas, forest-savanna mosaics, rainforests, in montane forests and semi-arid zones. It does not occur in the deep rainforests of the central Congo Basin.
References
- ^ Moodley Y, Bruford MW, Bleidorn C, Wronski T, Apio A, Plath M (2008) Analysis of mitochondrial DNA data reveals non-monophyly in the bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) complex. Mammalian Biology, doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2008.05.003
- ^ Wronski T, Moodley Y. (2009) Bushbuck, harnessed antelope or both? Gnusletter, 28(1):18-19.
- ^ a b Moodley Y, Bruford MW. (2007) Molecular biogeography: Towards an integrated framework for conserving pan-African biodiversity. PLoS ONE. 2:e454.