Alcelaphus buselaphus
(Pallas, 1766)
Hartebeest
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Artiodactyla |
Suborder | : Ruminantia |
Infraorder | : Pecora |
Family | : Bovidae |
Subfamily | : Antilopinae |
Tribe | : Alcelaphini |
Genus | : Alcelaphus |
Species status
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica Quibus novæ imprimis atque obscuræ Animalium Species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrus van Cleef, The Hague, 224 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321014Original name as described
Antilope buselaphus
Other common names
Red Hartebeest · Lelwel Hartebeest · Western Hartebeest · Coke's Hartebeest · Swayne's Hartebeest · Tora Hartebeest · Kongoni · Kanki · Korkay · Bubal Hartebeest · Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
Type locality
Morocco.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Angola · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini
Taxonomy notes
includes caama, cokii, lelwel, lichtensteinii, major, swaynei, and tora, which were considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011, caama and lichtensteinii also being recognized by other authors; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab
Taxonomy notes citation
Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Gosling, L.M. and Capellini, I. 2013. Alcelaphus buselaphus Hartebeest. In: J. S. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa, pp. 511-526. Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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