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Tragelaphus spekii (Sitatunga)

waterkoedoe [Afrikaans]; Sumpfantilope, Sitatunga [German]; sitatunga [French]; nzohe [Swahili]; naakông, naakôô, setutungha [Setswana]; situtunga [Lozi]; unzunzu [Yei]  

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Bovinae

Tragelaphus spekii (Sitatunga)

Male sitatunga under captivity in Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand. [photo Kiwi~Steve ©]