The Paris Bloubok (Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) [Bovidae]) and its provenance

Ian Glenn

doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a5

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Ian Glenn¹

¹Research Fellow, Communications Science, University of the Free State, 205 Nelson Mandela Dr, Park W

Abstract

What is the provenance of the specimen of the Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) (Bloubok, Bluebuck, Blue Antelope) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris? This article argues that new archival evidence, an examination of the specimen, and a critical re-examination of claims by Mohr suggest that the specimen came from the French traveller and ornithologist François Levaillant (also written Le Vaillant) and not from a specimen supplied by Gordon that Mohr and Rookmaaker speculated was taken from the Stadholder of Holland's collection in 1795.

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Ian Glenn "The Paris Bloubok (Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) [Bovidae]) and its provenance," Zoosystema 42(5), 77-84, (25 February 2020). https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a5

Received: 22 October 2018; Accepted: 19 June 2019; Published: 25 February 2020