Why one century of phenetics is enough: response to "Are there really twice as many bovid species as we thought?".

1AEON—Africa Earth Observatory Network, Geoecodynamics Research Hub, c/o Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa; 2SARChI Chair on Biodiversity Value & Change in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve & Core Member of Centre for Invasion Biology, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa; 3Viale Liegi 48, 00198 Roma, Italy; 4 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa; and 5School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra 0200, Australia; ∗Correspondence to be sent to: E-mail: [email protected]