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]

Extinct alcelaphines

Skull of the Pleistocene alcelaphin Damalops palaeindicus from India

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
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