Alcelaphinae | |
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Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae Brooke, 1876 |
Genera | |
The subfamily Alcelaphinae or tribe Alcelaphini[1][2] of the family Bovidae contains wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks, and several similar species. Depending on the classification, there are 6–10 species placed in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, and Sigmoceros for the Lichtenstein's hartebeest.[3]
Subfamily Alcelaphinae
- Genus Beatragus
- Hirola, Beatragus hunteri
- Genus Damaliscus
- 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, 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 Alcelaphini
- Beatragus
- †Beatragus antiquus
- Connochaetes
- †Connochaetes africanus
- †Connochaetes gentryi
- Connochaetes gnou
- †Connochaetes gnou laticornutus
- †Connochaetes gnou antiquus
- Connochaetes taurinus
- †Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis
- Damaliscus
- †Damaliscus hypsodon
- †Damaliscus niro
- †Damalacra
- †Damalacra acalla
- †Damalops
- †Damalops palaeindicus
- †Megalotragus
- †Megalotragus kattwinkeli
- †Megalotragus priscus
- †Numidocapra
- †Numidocapra arambourgi
- †Numidocapra crassicornis
- †Numidocapra porrocornutus
- †Oreonagor
- †Oreonagor tournoueri
- †Parestigorgon
- †Parmularius
- †Parmularius pachyceras
- †Parmularius ambiquus
- †Parmularius pandatus
- †Parmularius atlanticus
- †Parmularius rugosus
- †Parmularius altidens
- †Parmularius angusticornis
- †Rabaticeras
- †Rabaticeras lemutai
- †Rhynotragus
- †Rusingoryx
- Beatragus
References
- ^ Not to be confused with protozoan suborder Acephalina
- ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2022-01-30
- ^ Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. Available online