Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846

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Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846

Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846 , in: Sundevall, Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl., Stockholm, Vol. 3, 7: 221.

Type Locality: "in Chapani (Anglis French island) occisa insula prope Zanzibar in Lat. Austr. 6°9', Long. Orient. 39°14' a Greenwich sita, fructibus dense tecta et fonte irrigata" ( Tanzania, Chapani Isl, 3 km from Zanzibar).

Vernacular Names: Suni.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. moschatus Von Dueben 1846

Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. kirchenpaueri Pagenstecher 1885

Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. livingstonianus Kirk 1865

Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. zuluensis Thomas 1898

Distribution: SE Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E Limpopo and E Mpumalanga Provs.), E Tanzania (including Zanzibar and Mafia Isls), NE Zimbabwe.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as N. m. moschatus ; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: Includes livingstonianus (Ellerman et al., 1953). Revised by Grubb (1989) who recognised nominate moschatus division (including kirchenpaueri) and livingstonianus division (including zuluensis), differing in dimensions and separated by Zambezi River; representatives of these divisions (cf. akeleyi and zuluensis) differ in chromosome complement (2n = 52 and 56 respectively) ( Kingswood et al., 1998 a). Regarded as three evolutionary species ( N. moschatus , N. livingsonianus , and N. zanzibaricus ) by Cotterill (2003 b), but zanzibaricus appears to be an objective synonym of moschatus .