Alcelaphinae

Alcelaphinae Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae Brooke, 1876
Genera
Alcelaphus Beatragus Connochaetes Damaliscus † †Damalops †Megalotragus †Numidocapra † † †Parmularius † † †Rusingoryx

The subfamily Alcelaphinae^[1] of the family Bovidae contains wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks, and several similar species. Depending on the classification, there are 6-10 species placed in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, and Sigmoceros for the Lichtenstein's hartebeest.^[2]

Subfamily Alcelaphinae

• Genus Beatragus
  • Hirola, Beatragus hunteri
• Genus Damaliscus
  • Tsessebe, D. lunatus
    • Korrigum, D. lunatus korrigum
    • Topi, D. lunatus jimela
    • Coastal topi, D. lunatus topi
  • Bontebok, D. pygargus
    • Bontebok (subspecies), D. p. pygargus
    • Blesbok, D. p. phillipsi
• 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. b. caama
    • Lichtenstein's hartebeest, A. b. lichtensteinii
• 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

Extinct alcelaphines[]

Skull of the Pleistocene alcelaphin Damalops palaeindicus from India

• Subfamily Alcelaphinae
  • Beatragus
    • †Beatragus antiquus
  • Connochaetes
    • †Connochaetes africanus
    • †Connochaetes gentryi
    • Connochaetes gnou
      • †Connochaetes gnou laticornutus
      • †Connochaetes gnou antiquus
    • Connochaetes taurinus
      • †Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis
  • Damaliscus
    • †Damaliscus hypsodon
    • †Damaliscus niro
  • †Damalacra
    • †Damalacra acalla
  • †Damalops
    • †Damalops palaeindicus
  • †Megalotragus
    • †Megalotragus kattwinkeli
    • †Megalotragus priscus
  • †Numidocapra
    • †Numidocapra arambourgi
    • †Numidocapra crassicornis
    • †Numidocapra porrocornutus
  • †Oreonagor
    • †Oreonagor tournoueri
  • †Parestigorgon
  • †Parmularius
    • †Parmularius pachyceras
    • †Parmularius ambiquus
    • †Parmularius pandatus
    • †Parmularius atlanticus
    • †Parmularius rugosus
    • †Parmularius altidens
    • †Parmularius angusticornis
  • †Rabaticeras
    • †Rabaticeras lemutai
  • †Rhynotragus
  • †Rusingoryx

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