Review of family-group names of living bovids

Authors and dates of publication of family-group names based on extant bovi ds are reviewed. Tragelaphini is found to be attributable to Blyth, 1863, n ot Jerdon, 1874; Cephalophinae to Blyth, 1863, not Gray, 1871; Reduncinae t o Knottnerus-Meyer, 1907, not Lydekker and Blaine, 1914; Alcelaphinae to Br ooke in Wallace, 1876, not de Rochebrune, 1883; Hippotraginae to Sundevall in Retzius and Loven, 1845, not Retzius and Loven, 1845, or Brooke in Walla ce, 1876; Naemorhedini to Brooke in Wallace, 1876, not Pilgrim. 1939; and O vibovini to Gray, 1872, not Gill, 1872. The authors, dates, and original sp elling for other names also must be corrected. Hippotraginae must be valida ted by dating the genus Hippotragus from Sundevall in Retzius and Loven, 18 45, with type by monotypy H. equnius, not from Sundevall, 1846. Adenotinae (and Eleotraginae), Connochaetini, Nesotragini, Strepsicerotini, Sylvicapri nae, and Tetracerini are senior synonyms of Reduncinae, Alcelaphini, Neotra gini, Tragelaphini, and Boselaphini, respectively. Neotragini and Reduncina e are nomena protects and are to be used in preference to their less famili ar senior synonyms. Until their validity is confirmed, Boselaphini, Tragela phini, Cephalophinae, and Alcelaphinae also are to be employed in preferenc e to their senior synonyms. if required, Connochaetini can be treated as a tribe of Alcelaphinae despite its seniority.