Coke's hartebeest

Coke's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii) or kongoni is an antelope native to Kenya and Tanzania.

Coke's hartebeest
At the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Alcelaphus
Species:
Subspecies:
A. b. cokii
Trinomial name
Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii
(Günther, 1884)[2]

It can breed with Lelwel hartebeest , which results in a hybrid known as the Kenya Highland hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel x cokii).

References

  1. IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. cokii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) 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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