Species Antilope cervicapra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Capra cervicapra Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [69].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found in ZIUU or NHRM), 'India, Asia'; whereabouts unknown (not found in ZIUU or NHRM), 'India, Asia'.

  Type locality references:

  Lydekker, R. & Blaine, G. 1914. Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 3 Artiodactyla, Families Bovidae, Subfamilies Aepycerotinae to Tragelaphinae (pala, saiga, gazelles, orynx group, bushbucks, kudus, elands, etc.), Antilocapridae (prongbuck), and Giraffidae (giraffes and okapi). London : British Museum xv 283 pp. 1 pl. [25] (identify the type locality as 'plains of peninsular India'); Morrison-Scott, T.S.C. 1951. Order Artiodaclyla. pp. 343-418 in Ellerman, J.R. & Morrison-Scott, T.S.C. (eds). Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. London : British Museum. [387] (lists the type locality as 'Inland of Trivandrum, Travancore, India' on the basis of details recorded by Zukowsky, L. 1827. Wissenschsftliche Eche. Bemerkungen über die rassenweise Verschiedenfreit der Hirschziegenantilope. Carl Hagenbeck's Illustrierte Tier- und Menchenwelt 2(Hft 6): 124–127 [125]).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85

 

Generic Combinations

• Antilope cervicapra (Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from India.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, folivore, gregarious, herbivore, terrestrial.

 

General References

Csurhes, S. & Fisher, P. 2010. Pest animal risk assessment: Blackbuck antelope, Antilope cervicapri. Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation.

Groves, C.P. 1982. A note on geographic variation in the Indian blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra Linnaeus, 1758). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 79: 489-503

Haltenorth, T. 1963. Klassifikation der Säugetiere: Artiodactyla. Handbuch der Zoologie Berlin 8(teil 1, lfg. 32): 1-167 pls 1-16

Long, J.L. 1972. Introduced birds and mammals in Western Australia. Agricultural Protection Board Western Australia Technical Service 1: 1-30

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.

Schaller, G.B. 1967. The Deer and the Tiger. A study of wildlife in India. Chicago : Univ. Chicago Press 370 pp. 30 pls.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Blackbuck)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Dec-2010		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)