Swayne's hartebeest

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Swayne's hartebeest
Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary, Ethiopia

ESA)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Alcelaphus
Species:
A. buselaphus
Subspecies:
A. b. swaynei
Trinomial name
Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei
(
Sclater
, 1892)
Range of the Swayne Hartebeest (in red)

Swayne's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei) is an endangered antelope native to Ethiopia. Two of the largest remaining populations are located in Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary, Nechisar National Park and Maze National Park.[3] It has been extirpated from Somalia. It is named after British officer H. G. C. Swayne (1860–1940).[4]

When it comes to their population status, during the times before the early 1890s the Swayne's hartebeest was very common throughout Ethiopia and Somalia. The population then declined due to an epidemic during the mid-1890s which brought about an extremely high mortality rate for wildlife and livestock which were labeled as “in danger of extermination”. [5]

Swayne's hartebeest exhibits ecological differences from other subspecies of hartebeests in that they prefer grassland habitats during the wet and dry seasons. It likes to select short grass areas of no more than 30 centimeters for feeding and has a preference for burned grassland patches. The preference for burned grassland patches has become relevant in the development of effective conservation strategies for the subspecies (and potentially the whole species). [6]

a herd of Swayne's hartebeest

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T809A3145291.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Swayne's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei)". ECOS Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
  3. ^ Abebe YD (2010). "A Glimpse at Biodiversity Hotspots of Ethiopia". Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (PDF). Ethiopian Wildlife & Natural History Society. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-16.
  4. ISBN 9780801893049
    . Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. ISSN 0141-6707
    .
  6. PMID 31992270
    .
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