Alcelaphinae
| Alcelaphinae Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent | |
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| Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genera | |
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Beatragus Damalops † Oreonagor † Parestigorgon † Parmularius † Rabaticerus † Rhynotragus † Rusingoryx † Damalacra† | |
The subfamily Alcelaphinae contains wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks and several similar species, 10 species in four 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 two 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 two genera
- Subfamily Aepycerotinae: impala, one species
- Subfamily Peleinae: grey rhebok, one species
- Subfamily Alcelaphinae
- Genus Beatragus
- Hirola, Beatragus hunteri
- Genus Damaliscus
- Topi and korrigum, D. korrigum
- Tsessebe, D. lunatus
- Bontebok, D. pygargus
- Bangweulu tsessebe, Damaliscus superstes
- 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. caama
- Lichtenstein's hartebeest, A. 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
- Genus Beatragus
Extinct alcelaphines
Skull of the Pleistocene alcelaphin Damalops palaeindicus from India
- 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
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
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