Syncerus caffer
– Lower Risk Conservation Dependent
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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ARTIODACTYLA
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Family:
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BOVIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Syncerus caffer
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Species Authority:
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(Sparrman, 1779)
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/cd ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Antelope Specialist Group
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Regionally extinct:
Gambia
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Population
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial
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List of Habitats:
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| 1.5 | Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry |
| 2.1 | Savanna - Dry |
| 4.5 | Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry |
| 8.1 | Desert - Hot |
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Threats
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List of Threats:
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| 1 | Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced) (ongoing) |
| 3.1 | Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food (ongoing) |
| 7.1 | Natural disasters - Drought (ongoing) |
| 8.5 | Changes in native species dynamics - Pathogens/parasites (ongoing) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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East, R. (compiler) 1999. African Antelope Database 1998. IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group.
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