Alcelaphinae

Alcelaphinae; Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
	Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae; Brooke, 1876
Genera
	Alcelaphus; Beatragus; Connochaetes; Damaliscus; †Damalacra; †Damalops; †Megalotragus; †Numidocapra; †Oreonagor; †Parestigorgon; †Parmularius; †Rabaticerus; †Rhynotragus; †Rusingoryx;

The subfamily Alcelaphinae or tribe Alcelaphini[1][2] of the family Bovidae contains wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks, and several similar species. Depending on the classification, there are 6–10 species placed in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, and Sigmoceros for the Lichtenstein's hartebeest.[3]

Subfamily Alcelaphinae

Genus Beatragus
- Hirola, Beatragus hunteri
Genus Damaliscus
- Tsessebe, D. lunatus
  - Korrigum, D. lunatus korrigum
  - Topi, D. lunatus jimela
  - Coastal topi, D. lunatus topi
- Bontebok, D. pygargus
  - Bontebok (subspecies), D. p. pygargus
  - Blesbok, D. p. phillipsi
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. b. caama
  - Lichtenstein's hartebeest, A. b. 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 Alcelaphini
- Beatragus
  - †Beatragus antiquus
- Connochaetes
  - †Connochaetes africanus
  - †Connochaetes gentryi
  - Connochaetes gnou
    - †Connochaetes gnou laticornutus
    - †Connochaetes gnou antiquus
  - Connochaetes taurinus
    - †Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis
- Damaliscus
  - †Damaliscus hypsodon
  - †Damaliscus niro
- †Damalacra
  - †Damalacra acalla
- †Damalops
  - †Damalops palaeindicus
- †Megalotragus
  - †Megalotragus kattwinkeli
  - †Megalotragus priscus
- †Numidocapra
  - †Numidocapra arambourgi
  - †Numidocapra crassicornis
  - †Numidocapra porrocornutus
- †Oreonagor
  - †Oreonagor tournoueri
- †Parestigorgon
- †Parmularius
  - †Parmularius pachyceras
  - †Parmularius ambiquus
  - †Parmularius pandatus
  - †Parmularius atlanticus
  - †Parmularius rugosus
  - †Parmularius altidens
  - †Parmularius angusticornis
- †Rabaticeras
  - †Rabaticeras lemutai
- †Rhynotragus
- †Rusingoryx

References

Not to be confused with protozoan suborder Acephalina
Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2022-01-30
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Subfamily Alcelaphinae". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[1] Not to be confused with protozoan suborder Acephalina

[2] Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2022-01-30

[WilsonReeder2005-3] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Subfamily Alcelaphinae". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.