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Andy Adcock

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I'm trying to ascertain the identification of the 'Bushbuck's we saw at Akagera, Rwanda.

Handbook of Mammals of the World show that they should be Tragalephus bor Nile / Harnassed Busbuck, now becoming known as the Kewel.

T. scriptus it has been found, is actually a complex of two distinct species, the Kéwel (T. scriptus) and races within and the Imbabala (T. sylvaticus) and it's various races.

The above two species are more closely related to other species than to each other; the Imbabala being closest to the Bongo (T. eurycerus) and Sitatunga (T. spekeii), and the Kéwel to the Nyala (T. angasii) (Moodley et al. 2009).

Can anyone confirm which is at Akagera?

Many thanks in advance.
 
andyadcock said:
I'm trying to ascertain the identification of the 'Bushbuck's we saw at Akagera, Rwanda.

Handbook of Mammals of the World show that they should be Tragalephus bor Nile / Harnassed Busbuck, now becoming known as the Kewel.

T. scriptus it has been found, is actually a complex of two distinct species, the Kéwel (T. scriptus) and races within and the Imbabala (T. sylvaticus) and it's various races.

The above two species are more closely related to other species than to each other; the Imbabala being closest to the Bongo (T. eurycerus) and Sitatunga (T. spekeii), and the Kéwel to the Nyala (T. angasii) (Moodley et al. 2009).

Can anyone confirm which is at Akagera?

Many thanks in advance.
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When it comes to bovid taxonomy and distributions, HMW is best ignored. Based on genetic data Bushbuck in Rwanda are the supposed subspecies dianae, which is normally lumped into the nominate sylvaticus.
 
T.O. said:
When it comes to bovid taxonomy and distributions, HMW is best ignored. Based on genetic data Bushbuck in Rwanda are the supposed subspecies dianae, which is normally lumped into the nominate sylvaticus.
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Thanks T.),
so the two way split, sylvaticus would come under Imbabala, is this idea rubbish too?
 
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andyadcock said:
Thanks T.),
so the two way split, sylvaticus would come under Imbabala, is this idea rubbish too?
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The 2 way split is well documented by now and it is now waiting for bodies like the IUCN picking it up. Clear differences have been described in chromosome number, nuclear and mitochondrial dna as well as in pelage. So that split stands pretty solid.
 
T.O. said:
The 2 way split is well documented by now and it is now waiting for bodies like the IUCN picking it up. Clear differences have been described in chromosome number, nuclear and mitochondrial dna as well as in pelage. So that split stands pretty solid.
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Very many thanks again T.O.
 
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