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Osteomorphological Features of the Appendicular Skeleton of Gazelles, Genus Gazella Blainville 1816, Bohor Reedbuck, Redunca redunca (Pallas, 1767) and Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas, 1766)
Author(s) -
Peters J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1989.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - extant taxon , biology , zoology , ecology , evolutionary biology
Summary Examined the osteomorphological features of the appendicular skeleton of Grant's gazelle ( Gazella granti ), bohor reedbuck ( Redunca redunca ) and bushbuck ( Tragelaphus scriptus). Osseous remains of these medium sized antelopes are often encountered in African late Quaternary archaeological sites, but their specific identification poses considerable problems to the archaeozoologist. A key has been developed to meet this recurrent problem and a number of diagnostic osteomorphological features, allowing a distinction between the bovids mentioned, are established. The osteomorphological characteristics, typical for Grant's gazelle have also been observed in the eight other extant African gazelles and in two Asian species, the goitred gazelle ( Gazella subgutterosa ) and the mountain gazelle ( Gazella gazella ).