Hippotragus leucophaeus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CETARTIODACTYLA	BOVIDAE

Scientific Name:

Hippotragus leucophaeus

Species Authority:

(Pallas, 1766)

Common Name/s:

English

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Bluebuck, Blue Buck

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment)

Justification:
This species was confined historically to a limited area of the southwestern Cape, where it was apparently uncommon. It was soon wiped out by early European settlers, the last known specimen being shot in 1799 or 1800.

History:

1996	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This endemic South African species was restricted to the southern coastal areas from about Caledon to Plettenberg Bay. The last individual Bluebuck was shot around 1800, the first African antelope to be hunted to extinction by European settlers (Klein 1974). Detailed reviews of the species are provided by Mohr (1967), Klein (1974), and Smithers (1983).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: South Africa
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Population [top]

Population:	Extinct.

Population:

Extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Extinct.

Major Threat(s):

Extinct.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Extinct.

Conservation Actions:

Extinct.

Bibliography [top]

	East, R. 1999. African Antelope Database 1999. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Klein, R. G. 1974. On the taxonomic status, distribution and ecology of the blue antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766). Annals of the South African Museum 65: 99-143. Mohr, E. 1967. Der Blaubock, Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) - Eine Dokumentation. Paul Parey, Hamburg, Germany. Smithers, R. H. N. 1983. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

East, R. 1999. African Antelope Database 1999. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Klein, R. G. 1974. On the taxonomic status, distribution and ecology of the blue antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766). Annals of the South African Museum 65: 99-143.

Mohr, E. 1967. Der Blaubock, Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) - Eine Dokumentation. Paul Parey, Hamburg, Germany.

Smithers, R. H. N. 1983. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Citation:	IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group 2008. Hippotragus leucophaeus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 May 2012.
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