Alcelaphinae

Alcelaphinae Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent
Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae
Genera
Beatragus  Damaliscus  Alcelaphus  Connochaetes  Megalotragus † Damalops † Oreonagor † Parestigorgon † Parmularius † Rabaticerus † Rhynotragus † Rusingoryx † Damalacra†

The subfamily Alcelaphinae contains wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks and several similar species, 10 species in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, and Sigmoceros for the Lichtenstein's hartebeest.^[1]

• Family Bovidae
  • Subfamily Bovinae: cattle and spiral-horned antelopes, 24 species in 9 genera
  • Subfamily Cephalophinae: duikers, 19 species in two genera
  • Subfamily Hippotraginae: grazing antelopes, 23 species in 11 genera
  • Subfamily Antilopinae: gazelles, dwarf antelopes and the saiga, 38 species in 14 genera
  • Subfamily Caprinae: sheep, goats, 26 species in 12 genera
  • Subfamily Reduncinae: waterbucks, reedbucks, 8 species in two genera
  • Subfamily Aepycerotinae: impala, one species
  • Subfamily Peleinae: grey rhebok, one species
  • Subfamily Alcelaphinae
    • Genus Beatragus
      • Hirola, Beatragus hunteri
    • Genus Damaliscus
      • Topi and korrigum, D. korrigum
        • Korrigum, D. k. korrigum
        • Topi, D. k. jimela
        • Coastal topi, D. k. topi
      • Tsessebe, D. lunatus
      • Bontebok, D. pygargus
        • Bontebok, D. p. pygargus
        • Blesbok, D. p. phillipsi
      • Bangweulu tsessebe, Damaliscus 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

References

1. Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. Available online