Taxonomy Profile: Kobus leche (Gray 1850)

Kobus leche: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
lechwe []
red lechwe []
Lechwe []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Kobus leche: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Artiodactyla
cloven-hoofed ungulates |
even-toed ungulates |
porco do mato |
veado |
artiodactyls |
Family : Bovidae
bovids |
antelopes |
cattle |
goats |
sheep |
Subfamily : Reduncinae
Genus : Kobus
kobs |
Species : Kobus leche
lechwe |
red lechwe |
Lechwe |
Kobus leche Direct Children(s):
Kobus leche leche
(Gray 1850)
Kobus leche kafuensis
(Haltenorth 1963)
Kobus leche robertsi
(W Rothschild 1907)
Kobus leche smithemani
(Lydekker 1900)
Kobus leche: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Expert:
Peter Grubb
Notes:
35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Source:
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-05/01
Acquired:
2001-05-01
Notes:
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Source:
Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index
Acquired:
2011-11-22
Notes:
UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Author(s)/Editor(s):
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1979-06-25 / 1979-06-25
Article/Chapter Title:
Final Endangered Status for 25 Foreign Species of Mammals and Birds
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Federal Register, vol. 44, no. 123
Page(s):
37124-37127
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Kobus leche
Kobus leche: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Kobus leche: Comments
Comment:
CITES: Appendix II adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix II; U.S. ESA - Threatened; IUCN - Extinct as K. l. robertsi, Vulnerable as K. l. kafuensis and K. l. smithemani, Lower Risk (cd) as K. l. leche
Comment:
Comments: Revised by Ansell and Banfield (1979). Consists of four evolutionary species according to Cotterill (2003a), namely K. leche, K. kafuensis, K. robertsi, and K. smithemani
Comment:
US ESA: Change in status from Endangered to Threatened, as published in Federal Register Volume 45, Number 192, Pages 65132 - 65134, October 01, 1980