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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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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