NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Aepyceros
  Subfamily - Aepycerotinae
  Family - Bovidae
  Order - Artiodactyla
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Aepyceros melampus melampus
      Subspecies - Aepyceros melampus johnstoni
      Subspecies - Aepyceros melampus katangae
      Subspecies - Aepyceros melampus petersi
      Subspecies - Aepyceros melampus rendilis
      Subspecies - Aepyceros melampus suara