Alcelaphus buselaphus   Taxonomy [top]  Kingdom Phylum Class
Order Family  Scientific Name: Alcelaphus buselaphus Species
Authority: (Pallas, 1766) Infra-specific Taxa Assessed: Common
Name/s: English Hartebeest, Swayne's Hartebeest Taxonomic Notes:
Following Gosling and Capellini (in press), and in contrast to
Grubb (2005), this species is here considered to include both
Red Hartebeest A. caama and Lichtenstein's Hartebeest A.
lichtensteinii. A total of eight subspecies are recognized:
Western Hartebeest or Kanki (A. b. major); Lelwel Hartebeest (A.
b. lelwel); Tora Hartebeest (A. b. tora); Swayne's Hartebeest or
Korkay (A. b. swaynei); Coke's Hartebeest or Kongoni (A. b.
cokii); Lichtenstein's Hartebeest; and Red Hartebeest. The
eighth and nominate subspecies, the Bubal Hartebeest A. b.
buselaphus, from North Africa is now Extinct.  Intergrade
populations occur between lelwel and cokii (Kenya Hartebeest,
and extinct Nakura Hartebeest), and have been reported between
others.  Assessment Information [top]  Re