Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Hartebeest
Common Names in English:
Bubal Hartebeest, Common Hartebeest, Hartebeest
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
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)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
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)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
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)
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
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)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
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)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
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)
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
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)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
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)
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
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)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
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)
- Owen, 1848
- Even-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
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)
- Scopoli, 1777
- Superfamily:
Bovoidea
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)
- (Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1931
- Family:
Bovidae
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)
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
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)
- Tribe:
Alcelaphini
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)
- Genus:
Alcelaphus
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)
- de Blainville, 1816
- Specific name:
buselaphus
- Subspecies:
buselaphus
- Scientific name: - Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus
- Subspecies:
buselaphus
- Specific name:
buselaphus
- Genus:
Alcelaphus
(
- Tribe:
Alcelaphini
(
- Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
(
- Family:
Bovidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bovoidea
(
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alcelaphus
There are approximately 18 species in this genus:
A. bucelaphus · A. buselaphus (Coke's Hartebeest) · A. buselaphus buselaphus (Common Hartebeest) · A. buselaphus caama (Red Hartebeest) · A. buselaphus cokei · A. buselaphus cokii (Coke's Hartebeest) · A. buselaphus jacksoni (Jackson's Hartebeest) · A. buselaphus lelwel (Lelwel Hartebeest) · A. buselaphus lichtensteinii · A. buselaphus major (Western Hartebeest) · A. buselaphus swaynei (Swayne's Hartebeest) · A. buselaphus tora (Tora Hartebeest) · A. caama · A. caama caama · A. cokei · A. lichtensteini · A. lichtensteinii (Lichtenstein's Hartebeest) · A. tora
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 470.
- East, R. (compiler) 1999. African Antelope Database 1998. IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Notes
Contributors
- Antelope Specialist Group 1996. Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. buselaphus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Antelope Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3345877
- IUCN ID: 813
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 613929
