Coke's hartebeest
Coke's hartebeest | |
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At the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
Genus: | Alcelaphus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | A. b. cokii
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Trinomial name | |
Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii |
Coke's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii) or kongoni is an antelope native to Kenya and Tanzania.
It can breed with Lelwel hartebeest to produce a hybrid known as the Kenya Highland hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel x cokii).
References[]
- ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2017). "Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. cokii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T815A50181521. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T815A50181521.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii, Mammal Species of the World. Third edition.
External links[]
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Alcelaphus
- Mammals of Kenya
- Mammals of Tanzania
- Fauna of East Africa
- Mammals described in 1884
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Bovids of Africa
- Even-toed ungulate stubs