Alcelaphinae

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]

Alcelaphinae Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus)
Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae Brooke, 1876
Genera
Alcelaphus Beatragus Connochaetes Damaliscus †Damalacra †Damalborea †Damalops †Megalotragus †Numidocapra †Oreonagor †Parestigorgon †Parmularius †Rabaticerus †Rhynotragus †Rusingoryx

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
• 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. b. caama
    • Lichtenstein's hartebeest, A. b. lichtensteinii
• Genus Connochaetes
  • Black wildebeest (or white-tailed gnu), 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 Alcelaphini
  • Beatragus
    • †Beatragus antiquus
  • Connochaetes
    • †Connochaetes africanus
    • †Connochaetes gentryi
    • Connochaetes gnou
      • †Connochaetes gnou laticornutus
      • †Connochaetes gnou antiquus
    • Connochaetes taurinus
      • †Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis
  • Damaliscus
    • †Damaliscus hypsodon (Extinct: Late Pleistocene-early Holocene)
    • †Damaliscus niro
  • †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

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.