Hippotragus leucophaeus (Bluebuck)

[another specialist]

Yes, As Peter states none of the museum specimens show any blue as all the pigmentation has been bleached out over the centuries. They are very old remember that so there in prety good condition for there age.

[another specialist]

SPECIES Hippotragus leucophaeus
Author: Pallas, 1766.
Citation: Misc. Zool.: 4.
Common Name: Blaaubok
Type Locality: "Promontoriae bonae Spei missas"; since restricted to South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Swellendam Dist.
Distribution: South Africa (Western Cape); extirpated about 1799.
Status: IUCN – Extinct.
Comments: Reviewed by Groves and Westwood (1995), Klein (1974), Mohr (1967), and Rookmaaker (1992).

www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=14200946

[another specialist]

Swan Song
By J. Patrick Lewis, Christopher Wormell

[another specialist]

Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) (1913)

[another specialist]

BLUEBUCK
Hippotragus leucophaeus
LITHOGRAPH BY JOSEPH WOLF and J. SMIT, in Philip Lutley Slater and Thomas Oldfield, The Book of Antelopes, vol. 4 (London, 1899-1900)

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[RSN]

www.naturanelmondo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=123722

[cohiba]

One of the few stuffed specimens of the blue buck is in my home town Stockholm. Last time I went there (and that wasn't yesterday) this gem collected by Sparrman one of the disciples of Linnaeus collected dust in a not very visible corner. It is (or hopefully was) simply labelled Blue Buck (Hippotragus leucophaeus).

No interest at all in telling the visitor that this is one of only four and maybe giving some text on the fate of the animal.

[Melanie]

Interesting website with several further information and references

www.blueantelope.info/?q=node/9

[surroundx]

Faith, J. Tyler and Thompson, Jessica C. (2013). Fossil evidence for seasonal calving and migration of extinct blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) in southern Africa. Journal of Biogeography 40(11): 2108-2118.

[surroundx]

Faith, J. Tyler. (2014). Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa. Earth-Science Reviews 128: 105-121.

[surroundx]

Graham I. H. Kerley, Rebecca Sims-Castley, André F. Boshoff and Richard M. Cowling. (2009). Extinction of the blue antelope Hippotragus leucophaeus: modeling predicts non-viable global population size as the primary driver. Biodiversity and Conservation 18(12): 3235-3242.

[surroundx]

Husson, A. M. and Holthuis, L. B. (1975). The earliest figures of the Blaauwbok, Hippotragus Leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) and of the Greater Kudu, Tragelaphus Strepsiceros (Pallas, 1766). Zoologische Mededelingen 49(5): 57-63.

[surroundx]

Klein, Richard G. (1978). A preliminary report on the larger mammals from the Boomplaas stone age cave site, Cango Valley, Oudtshoorn District, South Africa. S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 33: 66-75.

[surroundx]

Rookmaaker, L. C. (1992). Additions and revisions to the list of specimens of the extinct Blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus). Annals of the South African Museum 102(3): 131-141.

[koeiyabe]

Rice, Paul, and Mayle, Peter (1981). As Dead as a Dodo

[koeiyabe]

"Living Things Vanished from the Earth (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1993)

[koeiyabe]

"The Earth Extinct Fauna (in Japanese)" by Tadaaki Imaizumi (1986)

[surroundx]

Dollmann, J. Guy. (1937). Mammals which have recently become extinct and those on the verge of extinction. J. Soc. Preserv. Fauna Empire n. s. 30: 67-74.

[Sebbe]

Impacts of taxonomic inertia for the conservation of African ungulate diversity: an overview

We review the state of African ungulate taxonomy over the last 120 years, with an emphasis on the introduction of the polytypic species concept and the discipline's general neglect since the middle of the 20th century. We single out negative consequences of 'orthodox' taxonomy, highlighting numerous cases of neglect of threatened lineages, unsound translocations that led to lineage introgression, and cases of maladaptation to local conditions including parasitic infections. Additionally, several captive breeding programmes have been hampered by chromosome rearrangements caused by involuntary lineage mixing. We advocate that specimen-based taxonomy should regain its keystone role in mammal research and conservation biology, with its scientific values augmented with genomic evidence. While integration with molecular biology, ecology and behaviour is needed for a full understanding of ungulate alpha diversity, we stress that morphological diversity has been neglected despite its tremendous practical importance for some groups of 'utilizers' such as trophy hunters, wildlife tourists and conservationists. We conclude that there is no evidence that purported 'taxonomic inflation' has adverse effects on ungulate conservation: rather, it is taxonomic inertia that has such adverse effects. We stress that sound science, founded on robust taxonomy, should underpin effective sustainable management (hunting, ranching, captive breeding and reintroduction programmes) of this unique African natural resource.

Available from: www.researchgate.net/publication/316365324_Impacts_of_taxonomic_inertia_for_the_conservation_of_African_ungulate_diversity_an_overview [accessed May 12, 2017].

[surroundx]

Themudo, GonÇalo Espregueira and Campos, Paula F. (2017). Phylogenetic position of the extinct blue antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) (Bovidae: Hippotraginae), based on complete mitochondrial genomes. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx034 [Abstract]