Taurotragus Wagner, 1855 . In Schreber Die Säugethiere, Suppl., 5:438.

TYPE SPECIES: Antilope oreas Pallas, 1777 (= Antilope oryx Pallas, 1766).

SYNONYMS: Doratoceros, Oreas .

COMMENTS: This genus has been included in Tragelaphus; see Van Gelder (1977a, b) and Ansell (1978:53). Generic rank was restored by Smithers (1983:679), Meester et al. (1986:216), and Ansell and Dowsett (1988:87).