Coke's hartebeest

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Coke's hartebeest
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At the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Alcelaphus
Species:
Subspecies:
A. b. cokii
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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii, Mammal Species of the World. Third edition.

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