Swayne's hartebeest
| Swayne's hartebeest | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Alcelaphus |
| Species: | A. buselaphus |
| Subspecies: | A. b. swaynei |
| Trinomial name | |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei (Sclater, 1892) | |
Swayne's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei) is an endangered antelope native to Ethiopia. Two of the largest remaining populations are located in Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary and Maze National Park.[2] It has been extirpated from Somalia. It is named after British officer H. G. C. Swayne (1860–1940).[3]
Horns
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. swaynei. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
- ↑ A Glimpse at Biodiversity Hotspots of Ethiopia (PDF). Ethiopian Wildlife & Natural History Society. p. 77.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 401. ISBN 9780801893049. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
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