Tragelaphus de Blainville, 1816 . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1816:75.

TYPE SPECIES: Antilope sylvatica Sparrman, 1780 (= Antilope scripta Pallas, 1766).

SYNONYMS: Ammelaphus, Boocercus, Calliope, Euryceros, Limnotragus, Nyala, Strepsicerastes, Strepsicerella, Strepsiceros .

COMMENTS: Includes Boocercus, Limnotragus, Nyala and Strepsiceros; see Ansell (1972:20) and Van Gelder (1977a, b).