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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Swayne's Hartebeest
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:2.1Savanna - Dry
4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (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
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Even-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Superfamily:
Bovoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1931
- Family:
Bovidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Genus:
Alcelaphus
()
- Specific name:
buselaphus
- Subspecies:
swaynei
- Scientific name: - Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei
- Subspecies:
swaynei
- Specific name:
buselaphus
- Genus:
Alcelaphus
(
- 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
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Members of the genus Alcelaphus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies 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
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- 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.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.
Notes
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Contributors
- Antelope Specialist Group 1996. Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. swaynei. 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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5480315
- IUCN ID: 809
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018596
