Genus Antilope Pallas, 1766
- Antilope Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica, quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Hagae. Comitum : Petrum van Cleef xii 224 pp. xiv pls [1].
Type species:
Capra cervicapra Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Ogilby, W. 1837. On the generic characters of ruminants. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836: 131-139 [137]
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Grubb, P. 1993. Order Artiodactyla. pp. 377-414 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D-A.M. (eds). Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Washington : Smithsonian Institute (for extralimital synonymy)
Distribution
Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states,
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and
IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be
reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the
entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Distribution References
- Corbet, G.B. & Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. London : British Museum viii 226 pp.
- Haltenorth, T. 1963. Klassifikation der Säugetiere: Artiodactyla. Handbuch Zoologisches Berlin 8(teil 1, lfg. 32): 1-167 pls 1-16
- Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.
- Mungall, E.C. 1976. Kleberg Studies in Natural Resources. The Indian Blackbuck Antelope: a Texas view. College Station : Texas A & M Univ. System 184 pp.