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The subfamilies and tribes of the family Bovidae

GENTRY, A. W.·1992·Mammal Review
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2907.1992.tb00116.x
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Abstract In this paper 112 skeletal characters in 27 living species of bovids are used in cladistic and phenetic analyses of the relationships among the tribes in the family. Consideration and modification of the cladistic analysis leads to the conclusion that bovids cluster around four foci in ascending evolutionary sequence: Boselaphini and allies; Antilopini and some Neotragini; the Caprinae; and a group of African antelopes containing Aepyceros , Alcelaphini, Reduncini and Hippotragini. This conclusion is quite closely compatible with the phenetic distance analysis of the same data, provided die latter is read as if primitive or early bovids share more similarities than divergently advanced ones and hence associate more closely. Given the primitiveness of Boselaphini and allies, the crucial finding is that Caprinae link with African antelopes and that Antilopini are more remote. Cladistic and phenetic analyses of 32 characters in 12 extinct bovid species produce similar groupings, but also throw doubt on the classification of Aepyceros , Reduncini and Hippotragini alongside Alcelaphini within a clade of African antelopes. As a result of these two sets of studies, of living and of extinct bovids, minimal alterations are proposed to the arrangement of bovid tribes. In addition, Saiga is placed in the Antilopini, and, with less assurance, Pelea in the Neotragini, Aepyceros in the Alcelaphinae, and Pantholops in the Caprinae. The contribution of the fossil record to understanding bovid evolution is considered.

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  • Extant species of Bovini are further distinguished from other Bovinae species by their low, wide skulls, internal sinuses in the frontals extending into the horn cores, a short braincase and widened occiput, molars with larger basal pillars and complicated central cavities, and upper molars that are strongly hypsodont.

    “Extant species of Bovini are further distinguished from other Bovinae species by their low, wide skulls, internal sinuses in the frontals extending into the horn cores, a short braincase and widened occiput, molars with larger basal pillars and complicated central cavities, and upper molars that are strongly hypsodont (Lydekker 1913;Gentry 1992;Grubb 2005;Groves and Grubb 2011).”

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Authors
GENTRY, A. W.
Affiliations
Natural History Museum (GB)
Corresponding author
GENTRY, A. W.
Venue
Mammal Review
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1992-03
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
1-32
ISSN
  • 0305-1838 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2907
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2907.1992.tb00116.x
OpenAlex
W2031443837
Cited by
182
References
21
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 5884 d)
Locations
Mammal Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Urology › Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant Diversity and Evolution
Keywords
Bovidae, skeletal characters, Caprinae, African antelopes, saiga, fossil record, cladistic analysis, phenetic analysis, taxonomic classification

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