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Alcelaphinae

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Alcelaphinae
Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
Brooke, 1876
Genera

The subfamily Alcelaphinae (or tribe Alcelaphini),[1][2] of the family Bovidae, contains the wildebeest, tsessebe, topi, hartebeest, blesbok and bontebok, and several other related species. Depending on the classification, there are 6–10 species placed in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, while Sigmoceros is sometimes considered for the Lichtenstein's hartebeest.[3]

Subfamily Alcelaphinae

Extinct alcelaphines

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Skull of the Pleistocene alcelaphin Damalops palaeindicus from India
  • Subfamily Alcelaphini
    • Beatragus
      • Beatragus antiquus
    • Connochaetes
      • Connochaetes africanus
      • Connochaetes gentryi
      • Connochaetes gnou
        • Connochaetes gnou laticornutus
        • Connochaetes gnou antiquus
      • Connochaetes taurinus
        • Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis
    • Damaliscus
    • Damalacra
      • Damalacra acalla
    • Damalborea
      • Damalborea elisabethae
    • Damalops
      • Damalops palaeindicus
    • Megalotragus
      • Megalotragus kattwinkeli
      • Megalotragus priscus (Extinct: Late Pleistocene-early Holocene)
    • Numidocapra
      • Numidocapra arambourgi
      • Numidocapra crassicornis
      • Numidocapra porrocornutus
    • Oreonagor
      • Oreonagor tournoueri
    • Parabubalis
      • Parabubalis capricornis
    • Parestigorgon
    • Parmularius
      • Parmularius pachyceras
      • Parmularius ambiquus
      • Parmularius pandatus
      • Parmularius atlanticus
      • Parmularius rugosus
      • Parmularius altidens
      • Parmularius angusticornis
    • Rabaticeras
      • Rabaticeras lemutai
    • Rhynotragus
      • Rhynotragus semiticus
    • Rusingoryx
      • Rusingoryx atopocranion

References

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  1. ^ Not to be confused with protozoan suborder Acephalina
  2. ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2022-01-30
  3. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Subfamily Alcelaphinae". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.