Red Hartebeest | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Genus: | Alcelaphus |
Species: | A. caama |
Binomial name | |
Alcelaphus caama Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803[2][3] |
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Synonyms | |
Alcelaphus buselaphus caama G. Cuvier, 1804 |
The Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama) is a species[3] 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.