Tragelaphus strepsiceros

The greater kudu is a large woodland antelope, found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas due to declining habitat, deforestation, and poaching. The greater kudu is one of two species commonly known as kudu, the other being the lesser kudu, T. imberbis.

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
greater kuduPBDB
Sits inside
TragelaphusPBDB
Diet
browserPBDB, for Tragelaphus
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Bovidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At least 2.5 million years on record.

The record covers at least 2.58 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 117 occurrencesMiocene — about 1 of 117 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 6 of 117 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 100 of 117 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 13 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 39 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 42 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 20 occurrences2.58 Mya – 11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

117 occurrences of Tragelaphus strepsiceros on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

117 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

12 formations

Koobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.22°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.93°N, 36.34°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.15°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.18°N, 35.78°ENachukui — 4.10°N, 35.77°EOlduvai — 2.96°S, 35.29°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EVarswater & Bredasdorp — 32.98°S, 18.15°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°EGalana Boi — 4.07°N, 36.37°EShungura — 5.12°N, 36.03°ENubia — 16.25°N, 33.75°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°EMakapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°E

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The named rock units Tragelaphus strepsiceros has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 34 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Tragelaphus strepsiceros and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Tragelaphus strepsiceros and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

593 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 104 sites for Tragelaphus strepsiceros, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

48 references

Each of the 117 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 36 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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Picture of Tragelaphus strepsiceros

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No 3D scan of Tragelaphus strepsiceros was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Pallas 1766)