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Pelea capreolus

Description

The grey rhebok or grey rhebuck (Pelea capreolus), locally known as the Vaal rhebok or Vaalribbok in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Eswatini (Swaziland). The specific name capreolus is Latin for 'little goat'.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5220184https://www.gbif.org/species/5220184
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)149688https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=149688
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Pelea : Pelea capreolus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Pelea : Pelea capreolus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-RuminantiamorphaSpaulding et al. 2009
-Ruminantia
-Pecora
familyBovidaeGray 1821
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribePeleiniGray 1872
genusPeleaGray 1851
speciesPelea capreolusForster 1790
Generic NamePelea
Common Namegrey rhebok
Scientific NamePelea capreolus (Forster, 1790)
Name Published InIn Levaillant, Erste Reise Afrika p.71
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pelea capreolusspeciesbelongs to Peleastated without evidenceAgnarsson and May-Collado, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Bovidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Bovidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. W. Gentry. 2010. Bovidae. In L. Werdelin, W. J. Sanders (eds.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa
Common Name(s) Grey Or Vaal Rhebok, Common Rhebok, Vaal Rhebok
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelea_capreolus

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1790Antilopa capreolus Forster
2008Pelea capreolus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Pelea capreolus Gentry p. 772

References

Gentry A. W. (2010) Bovidae, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 747-803
Agnarsson I., May-Collado L. J. (2008) The phylogeny of Cetartiodactyla: The importance of dense taxon sampling, missing data, and the remarkable promise of cytochrome b to provide reliable species-level phylogenies, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48, 964-985
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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