Lelwel hartebeest
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| Lelwel hartebeest | |
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| Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel at Murchison Falls National Park | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Alcelaphus |
| Species: | A. buselaphus |
| Subspecies: | A. b. lelwel |
| Trinomial name | |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel Heuglin, 1877 | |
The Lelwel hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel), also known as Jackson's hartebeest, is an antelope native to Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The Lelwel hartebeest can hybridize with Coke's hartebeest to make the Kenya Highland hartebeest (A. b. lelwel × cokii), or with Swayne's hartebeest to make the Neumann hartebeest (A. b. lelwel × swaynei).
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. lelwel. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
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