Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846 Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846, in: Sundevall, Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl., Stockholm, Vol. 3, 7: 221. Type Locality: "in Chapani (Anglis French island) occisa insula prope Zanzibar in Lat. Austr. 6°9', Long. Orient. 39°14' a Greenwich sita, fructibus dense tecta et fonte irrigata" (Tanzania, Chapani Isl, 3 km from Zanzibar). Vernacular Names: Suni. Subspecies:: Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. moschatus Von Dueben 1846 Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. kirchenpaueri Pagenstecher 1885 Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. livingstonianus Kirk 1865 Subspecies Neotragus moschatus subsp. zuluensis Thomas 1898 Distribution: SE Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E Limpopo and E Mpumalanga Provs.), E Tanzania (including Zanzibar and Mafia Isls), NE Zimbabwe. Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as N. m. moschatus; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). Discussion: Includes livingstonianus (Ellerman et al., 1953). Revised by Grubb (1989) who recognised nominate moschatus division (including kirchenpaueri) and livingstonianus division (including zuluensis), differing in dimensions and separated by Zambezi River; representatives of these divisions (cf. akeleyi and zuluensis) differ in chromosome complement (2n = 52 and 56 respectively) (Kingswood et al., 1998 a). Regarded as three evolutionary species (N. moschatus, N. livingsonianus, and N. zanzibaricus) by Cotterill (2003 b), but zanzibaricus appears to be an objective synonym of moschatus.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 685, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519