Raphicerus melanotis

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• Common Names
• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,149 meters (0 to 3,770 feet).[1]

Ecology: The Cape Grysbok is locally common in thickets, shrublands and the fynbos biome. Dense cover is an important habitat requirement. Their presence in the high-altitude grasslands of the north-eastern Cape is conditional on the proximity of forest fragments and bush clumps , although they may also use long grass for cover (Castley and Lloyd in press ). They also enter developed areas such as vineyards and agricultural areas (East 1999), and have been blamed, along with the Common Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), for extensive damage to young shoots in tea plantations in the Cedarberg (C.T. Stuart and T. Stuart, in Castley and Lloyd in press). Grysbok are predominantly broswers, and have limited water requirements (Castley and Lloyd in press). [2].

List of Habitats:

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Thunberg ex Schwaegrichen Sp. Musc. Frond., Suppl. 1, 1811.

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Raphicerus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. campestris (Steenbok) · R. campestris campestris (Steenbok) · R. melanotis (Cape Grysbok) · R. sharpei (Sharpe's Grysbok)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 83 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 504.
• Catalogue of the Selous Collection of Big Game in the British Museum (Natural History). By J.G. Dollman, B.A. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1921. url p. 34.
• Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) by R. Lydekker. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1913-16. url p. 146, p. 290.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 551, p. 776.
• IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1030, p. 435, p. 436, p. 601, p. 614, p. 616, p. 619, p. 620, p. 626, p. 627, p. 629, p. 630, p. 632, p. 634, p. 636, p. 732, p. 733, p. 735, p. 736, p. 739, p. 740, p. 742, p. 744, p. 745, p. 748, p. 753, p. 756, p. 762, p. 763, p. 970, p. 988, p. 997.
• Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire. London, The Society. url p. 31.
• List of the vertebrated animals now or lately living in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London. London, Printed for the Society, 1896. url p. 152, p. 152.
• Records of big game containing an account of their distribution, descriptions of species, lengths, and weights, measurements of horns and field notes. .. London, Rowland Ward and Co., Limited, 1896. url p. 117.
• South African journal of science. [Marshalltown, Transvaal: South African Association for the Advancement of Science, url .
• The mammals of South Africa / by W.L. Sclater. .. London: R.H. Porter, 1900-01. url , p. 176.
• The national collection of heads and horns. Part 1- New York, New York Zoological park, 1907- url p. 36.
• The natural history of South Africa. .. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1919-20. url .
• The published writings of Philip Lutley Sclater, 1844-1896. Prepared under the direction of G. Brown Goode. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1896. url p. 133.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group 2008. Raphicerus melanotis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Mammal Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 106160
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625118
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13838063
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625118
• IUCN ID: 238930
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10479

Footnotes

1. Mean = 347.330 meters (1,139.534 feet), Standard Deviation = 538.830 based on 9 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group 2008. Raphicerus melanotis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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