Alcelaphinae
Appearance
Alcelaphinae | |
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Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) | |
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Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae Brooke, 1876 |
Genera | |
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The
tsessebe, topi, hartebeest, blesbok and bontebok, and several other related species. Depending on the classification, there are 6–10 species placed in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, while Sigmoceros is sometimes considered for the Lichtenstein's hartebeest.[3]
Subfamily Alcelaphinae
- Genus Beatragus
- Hirola, Beatragus hunteri
- Genus Damaliscus
- Tsessebe, D. lunatus
- Korrigum, D. lunatus korrigum
- Topi, D. lunatus jimela
- Coastal topi, D. lunatus topi
- Bontebok, D. pygargus
- Bontebok (subspecies), D. p. pygargus
- Blesbok, D. p. phillipsi
- Genus Alcelaphus
- Hartebeest, A. buselaphus
- Bubal hartebeest, †A. b. buselaphus
- Coke's hartebeest, A. b. cokii
- Lelwel hartebeest, A. b. lelwel
- Western hartebeest, A. b. major
- Swayne's hartebeest, A. b. swaynei
- Tora hartebeest, A. b. tora
- Red hartebeest, A. b. caama
- Lichtenstein's hartebeest, A. b. lichtensteinii
- Hartebeest, A. buselaphus
- Genus Connochaetes
- Black wildebeest (or white-tailed gnu), C. gnou
- Blue wildebeest, C. taurinus
- Blue wildebeest C. t. taurinus
- Eastern white-bearded wildebeest C. t. albojubatus
- Cookson's wildebeest C. t. cooksoni
- Nyassaland wildebeest C. t. johnstoni
- Western white-bearded wildebeest C. t. mearnsi
Extinct alcelaphines

- Subfamily Alcelaphinae
- Beatragus
- †Beatragus antiquus
- Connochaetes
- †Connochaetes africanus
- †Connochaetes gentryi
- Connochaetes gnou
- †Connochaetes gnou laticornutus
- †Connochaetes gnou antiquus
- Connochaetes taurinus
- †Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis
- Damaliscus
- †Damaliscus hypsodon (Extinct: Late Pleistocene-early Holocene)
- †Damaliscus niro
- †Damalacra
- †Damalacra acalla
- †Damalborea
- †Damalborea elisabethae
- †Damalops
- †Damalops palaeindicus
- †Megalotragus
- †Megalotragus kattwinkeli
- †Megalotragus priscus (Extinct: Late Pleistocene-early Holocene)
- †Numidocapra
- †Numidocapra arambourgi
- †Numidocapra crassicornis
- †Numidocapra porrocornutus
- †Oreonagor
- †Oreonagor tournoueri
- †Parabubalis
- †Parabubalis capricornis
- †Parestigorgon
- †Parmularius
- †Parmularius pachyceras
- †Parmularius ambiquus
- †Parmularius pandatus
- †Parmularius atlanticus
- †Parmularius rugosus
- †Parmularius altidens
- †Parmularius angusticornis
- †Rabaticeras
- †Rabaticeras lemutai
- †Rhynotragus
- †Rhynotragus semiticus
- †Rusingoryx
- †Rusingoryx atopocranion
- Beatragus
References
- ^ Not to be confused with protozoan suborder Acephalina
- , retrieved 2022-01-30
- OCLC 62265494.