Tragelaphus spekii Sclater, 1863 . In Speke, Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, p. 223.

TYPE LOCALITY: Tanzania, Karagwe, W of Lake Victoria, restricted to Bukoba district, Lake Lwelo, 2°S, 30°57'E by Moreau et al. (1946:441) .

DISTRIBUTION: Gambia and Senegal; Togo to S Sudan, south to Angola, Caprivi Strip (NE Namibia), N Botswana and extreme NW of Zimbabwe, and east to W Kenya, W Tanzania, Zambia and W Mozambique.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Ghana).

SYNONYMS: albonotatus, gratus, inornatus, larkenii, selousi, sylvestris, ugallae, wilhelmi.