Madoqua kirkii

Madoqua kirki, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Antilopinae
Genus: Madoqua
Species: Madoqua kirkii
Subspecies: M. k. cavendishi – M. k. damarensis – M. k. hindei – M. k. kirkii

Name

Madoqua kirkii (Günther, 1880)

Type locality: "Near Brava, in the South Somali country" [Somalia].

Holotype: BMNH.

Etymology: named after John Kirk [Beolens, B., Watkins, M. & Grayson, M., 2009: 224]

Synonymy

• Neotragus kirkii Günther, 1880 [protonym]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1880. Description of two new species of dwarf antelope (Neotragus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 17–22. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Agnarsson, I. & May-Collado, L.J. 2008. The phylogeny of Cetartiodactyla: The importance of dense taxon sampling, missing data, and the remarkable promise of cytochrome b to provide reliable species-level phylogenies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 964–985 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.046 Reference page. 
• Beolens, B., Watkins, M. & Grayson, M. 2009. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 592 pp. ISBN 978-0801893049. Reference page. 

Links

• Madoqua kirkii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kirk-Dikdik
English: Kirk's Dik-dik
español: Dikdik de Kirk
suomi: Kirkindikdikantilooppi
français: Dik-dik de Kirk
magyar: Kirk-dikdik
italiano: Dik-dik di Kirk
lietuvių: Kirko dikdikas

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