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 Damaliscus Connochaetes †Damalacra †Damalops †Megalotragus †Oreonagor †Parestigorgon †Parmularius †Rabaticerus †Rhynotragus †Rusingoryx

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

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
  • Bangweulu tsessebe, D. superstes
• 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. caama
  • Lichtenstein's hartebeest, A. 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
  • †Megalotragus
    • †Megalotragus kattwinkeli
    • †Megalotragus priscus
  • Beatragus
    • †Beatragus antiquus
  • Damaliscus
    • †Damaliscus niro
  • †Damalacra
    • †Damalacra acalla
  • Connochaetes
    • †Connochaetes africanus
    • †Connochaetes gentryi
    • Connochaetes gnou
      • †Connochaetes gnou laticornutus
      • †Connochaetes gnou antiquus
    • Connochaetes taurinus
      • †Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis
  • †Parmularius
    • †Parmularius pachyceras
    • †Parmularius ambiquus
    • †Parmularius pandatus
    • †Parmularius atlanticus
    • †Parmularius rugosus
    • †Parmularius altidens
    • †Parmularius angusticornis
  • †Rabaticeras
    • †Rabaticeras lemutai
  • †Damalops
    • †Damalops palaeindicus
  • †Rhynotragus
  • †Oreonagor
    • †Oreonagor tournoueri
  • †Parestigorgon
  • †Rusingoryx

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