Alcelaphinae
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The subfamily Alcelaphinae contains Wildebeest
, Hartebeest
, Bontebok
s and several similar species
. All in all it contains 10 species in 4 genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, and Sigmoceros for the Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
.
Wildebeest
The wildebeest , also called the gnu is an antelope of the genus Connochaetes. It is a hooved mammal...
, Hartebeest
Hartebeest
The hartebeest is a grassland antelope found in West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. It is one of the three species classified in the genus Alcelaphus....
, Bontebok
Bontebok
The Bontebok is an antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho. The Bontebok has two subspecies; the endangered Bontebok , occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape, and the Blesbok occurring in the highveld.The Bontebok stands 80 to 100 cm at the shoulder and...
s and several similar species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
. All in all it contains 10 species in 4 genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, and Sigmoceros for the Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest is a savannah and floodplain dwelling antelope found in southern Central Africa. By some this species is classified as Sigmoceros lichtensteinii....
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- Family Bovidae
- Subfamily BovinaeBovinaeThe biological subfamily Bovinae includes a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large sized ungulates, including domestic cattle, the bison, African buffalo, the water buffalo, the yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes...
: cattle and spiral-horned antelopes, 24 species in 9 genera - Subfamily Cephalophinae: duikers, 19 species in 2 genera
- Subfamily Hippotraginae: grazing antelopes, 23 species in 11 genera
- Subfamily AntilopinaeAntilopinaeAntilopinae is a subfamily of Bovidae. The gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags and Central Asian gazelles are often referred to as "True Antelopes" and are usually the sole representatives of the Antilopinae...
: gazelles, dwarf antelopes and the saiga, 38 species in 14 genera - Subfamily Caprinae: sheep, goats, 26 species in 12 genera
- Subfamily ReduncinaeReduncinaeThe subfamily Reduncinae is composed 8 species of antelope all of which dwell in marshes, floodplains or other well-watered areas, including the waterbucks and reedbucks...
: waterbucks, reedbucks, 8 species in 2 genera - Subfamily AepycerotinaeImpalaAn impala is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language meaning "gazelle"...
: impala, 1 species in 1 genus - Subfamily PeleinaeGrey RhebokThe Grey Rhebok or Grey Rhebuck is a species of antelope endemic to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland....
: rhebok, 1 species in 1 genus - Subfamily Alcelaphinae
- Genus Beatragus
- HirolaHirolaThe Hirola is an antelope species found in arid grassy plains in a pocket on the border between Kenya and Somalia. It's the only member of the genus Beatragus.Hirola are known as the "four-eyed antelope," due to their large preorbital glands...
, Beatragus hunteri
- Hirola
- Genus DamaliscusDamaliscusDamaliscus, known as sassabies is a genus of antelope with just four species in the family Bovidae, subfamily Alcelaphinae found in Africa....
- Topi and KorrigumTopiThe Tsessebe , is one of five subspecies in the binomial class D. lunatus. The other subspecies include Korrigum , Tiang , Coastal Topi , and Topi . Tesessebe are found primarily in Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa...
, Damaliscus korrigum- KorrigumKorrigumThe Korrigum , also known as Tiang, is a subspecies of the Topi. It was formerly classified as Damaliscus lunatus korrigum....
, Damaliscus korrigum korrigum - TopiTopiThe Tsessebe , is one of five subspecies in the binomial class D. lunatus. The other subspecies include Korrigum , Tiang , Coastal Topi , and Topi . Tesessebe are found primarily in Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa...
, Damaliscus korrigum jimela - Coastal Topi, Damaliscus korrigum topi
- Korrigum
- Tsessebe, Damaliscus lunatus
- BontebokBontebokThe Bontebok is an antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho. The Bontebok has two subspecies; the endangered Bontebok , occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape, and the Blesbok occurring in the highveld.The Bontebok stands 80 to 100 cm at the shoulder and...
, Damaliscus pygargus- BontebokBontebokThe Bontebok is an antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho. The Bontebok has two subspecies; the endangered Bontebok , occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape, and the Blesbok occurring in the highveld.The Bontebok stands 80 to 100 cm at the shoulder and...
, Damaliscus pygargus pygargus - BlesbokBlesbokThe Blesbok or Blesbuck is an antelope with a distinctive white face and forehead. Its white face is the origin of its name, because bles is the Afrikaans word for bald...
, Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi
- Bontebok
- Bangweulu TsessebeBangweulu TsessebeThe Bangweulu Tsessebe is an antelope found in northeastern Zambia. Naturalist F. Cotterill recognized the tsessebes in northeastern Zambia in the southern Bangweulu Flats as a new species based on differences in pelage and cranial morphology.-References:* Macdonald, D.W. Encyclopedia of Mammals...
, Damaliscus superstes
- Topi and Korrigum
- Genus Alcelaphus
- HartebeestHartebeestThe hartebeest is a grassland antelope found in West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. It is one of the three species classified in the genus Alcelaphus....
, Alcelaphus buselaphus- Bubal HartebeestBubal HartebeestThe Bubal Hartebeest is classified as an extinct antelope.The statement that the antelope was extinct in 1923 has been refuted by the following source written in 1945...
, †Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus - Coke's HartebeestCoke's HartebeestCoke's Hartebeest or Kongoni is an antelope native to Kenya and Tanzania.It can hybridize with Lelwel Hartebeest to make the Kenya Highland Hartebeest ....
, Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii - Lelwel HartebeestLelwel HartebeestThe Lelwel Hartebeest is an antelope native to Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda....
, Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel - Western HartebeestWestern HartebeestThe Western Hartebeest is an antelope native to the medium to tall grassland plains of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. It is possibly extirpated from Gambia.Average adult Western...
, Alcelaphus buselaphus major - Swayne's HartebeestSwayne's HartebeestSwayne's Hartebeest is an endangered antelope native to Ethiopia. It has been extirpated from Somalia....
, Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei - Tora HartebeestTora HartebeestThe Tora Hartebeest is an endangered antelope, native to Eritrea and Ethiopia. It has possibly been extirpated from Sudan....
, Alcelaphus buselaphus tora
- Bubal Hartebeest
- Red HartebeestRed HartebeestThe Red Hartebeest is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Bovidae family. It is found in Southern Africa. There are more than 130,000 individuals left. The Red Hartebeest is closely related to the Tsessebe and the Topi....
, Alcelaphus caama - Lichtenstein's HartebeestLichtenstein's HartebeestLichtenstein's Hartebeest is a savannah and floodplain dwelling antelope found in southern Central Africa. By some this species is classified as Sigmoceros lichtensteinii....
, Alcelaphus lichtensteinii
- Hartebeest
- Genus Connochaetes
- Black WildebeestBlack WildebeestThe Black Wildebeest or White-tailed Gnu is one of two wildebeest species. The natural populations of this species, endemic to the southern part of Africa, have been almost completely exterminated, but the species has been reintroduced widely, both in private areas and nature reserves throughout...
, Connochaetes gnou - Blue WildebeestBlue WildebeestThe Blue Wildebeest , also called the Common Wildebeest, is a large antelope and one of two species of wildebeest. It grows to 115–145 cm shoulder height and attains a body mass of 168–274 kg. They range the open plains, bushveld and dry woodlands of Southern and East Africa, living for...
, Connochaetes taurinus- Blue WildebeestBlue WildebeestThe Blue Wildebeest , also called the Common Wildebeest, is a large antelope and one of two species of wildebeest. It grows to 115–145 cm shoulder height and attains a body mass of 168–274 kg. They range the open plains, bushveld and dry woodlands of Southern and East Africa, living for...
Connochaetes taurinus taurinus - Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
- Cookson's wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni
- Nyassaland Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus johnstoni
- Western White-bearded Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi
- Blue Wildebeest
- Black Wildebeest
- Genus Beatragus
- Subfamily Bovinae
Extinct alcelaphines
- Subfamily Alcelaphinae
- †MegalotragusMegalotragusMegalotragus is a genus of very large extinct African alcelaphines from the Pliocene and Pleistocene. It resembled modern hartebeests, but differed in larger body size, it includes the largest bovids in the tribe Alcelaphini, reaching a shoulder height of 1,4 m. Megalotragus disappeared at the end...
- †Megalotragus kattwinkeli
- †Megalotragus priscus
- Beatragus
- †Beatragus antiquus
- Damaliscus
- †Damaliscus niro
- †Damalacra
- †Damalacra acalla
- Connochaetes
- †Connochaetes africanus
- †Connochaetes gentryi
- Connochaetes gnou
- †Connochaetes gnou laticornutus
- †Connochaetes gnou antiquus
- Connochaetes taurinus
- †Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis
- †ParmulariusParmulariusParmularius is a genus of large extinct African alcelaphines from the Pliocene and Pleistocene. It is a close relative of topi and hartebeest. One species is noticeable by its long, weakly curved horns....
- †Parmularius pachyceras
- †Parmularius ambiquus
- †Parmularius pandatus
- †Parmularius atlanticus
- †Parmularius rugosus
- †Parmularius altidens
- †Parmularius angusticornis
- †Rabaticeras
- †Rabaticeras lemutai
- †DamalopsDamalopsDamalops is an extinct genus of Alcelaphinae. It lived during the Pleistocene in southern Asia, where the species Damalops palaeindicus is known from the Siwaliks in the northern part of the Indian Subkontinent ....
- †Damalops palaeindicus
- †Rhynotragus
- †Oreonagor
- †Oreonagor tournoueri
- †Parestigorgon
- †Rusingoryx
- †Megalotragus