Tragelaphus eurycerus (Ogilby, 1837) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836:120 [1837].

TYPE LOCALITY: West Africa .

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone to Benin; S Cameroon and N Gabon to Central African Republic, S Sudan and Zaire; S Kenya.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Ghana).

SYNONYMS: albovirgatus, cooperi, isaaci, katanganus.

COMMENTS: r. euryceros is a later spelling; see Haltenorth (1963:86). Formerly placed in Boocercus . Reviewed by Ralls (1978, Mammalian Species, 111).