Alcelaphinae
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| Alcelaphinae Fossil range: Late Miocene to Recent |
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 Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
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The subfamily Alcelaphinae contains Wildebeest, Hartebeest, Bonteboks 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.[1].
- Family Bovidae
- Subfamily Bovinae: 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 Antilopinae: gazelles, dwarf antelopes and the saiga, 38 species in 14 genera
- Subfamily Caprinae: sheep, goats, 26 species in 12 genera
- Subfamily Reduncinae: waterbucks, reedbucks, 8 species in 2 genera
- Subfamily Aepycerotinae: impala, 1 species in 1 genus
- Subfamily Peleinae: rhebok, 1 species in 1 genus
- Subfamily Alcelaphinae
- Genus Beatragus
- Hirola, Beatragus hunteri
- Genus Damaliscus
- Genus Alcelaphus
- Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus
- Bubal Hartebeest, †Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus
- Coke's Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii
- Lelwel Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel
- Western Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus major
- Swayne's Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei
- Tora Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus tora
- Red Hartebeest, Alcelaphus caama
- Lichtenstein's Hartebeest, Alcelaphus lichtensteinii
- Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus
- Genus Connochaetes
- Black Wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou
- Blue Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
- Blue Wildebeest 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
- Genus Beatragus
[edit] Prehistoric alcelaphines
- Subfamily Alcelaphinae
- †Megalotragus
- †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
- †Parmularius
- †Parmularius pachyceras
- †Parmularius ambiquus
- †Parmularius pandatus
- †Parmularius atlanticus
- †Parmularius rugosus
- †Parmularius altidens
- †Parmularius angusticornis
- †Rabaticeras
- †Rabaticeras lemutai
- †Damalops
- †Damalops palaeindicus
- †Rhynotragus
- †Oreonagor
- †Oreonagor tournoueri
- †Parestigorgon
- †Rusingoryx
- †Megalotragus
[edit] References
- ^ 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
