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Connochaetes (wildebeest)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Antilope (Connochaetes) was named by Lichtenstein (1812). It is extant.

It was reranked as Connochaetes by Carroll (1988), Vrba (1997), Grubb (2001), Geraads et al. (2004) and Gentry (2010).

It was assigned to Antilope by Lichtenstein (1812); to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Alcelaphina by Vrba (1997); to Alcelaphini by Geraads et al. (2004); and to Alcelaphinae by Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Antilope (Connochaetes) Lichtenstein
1884Oreonagor Thomas
1988Connochaetes Carroll
1997Oreonagor Vrba p. 155
1997Connochaetes Vrba p. 156
2001Connochaetes Grubb p. 380
2004Connochaetes Geraads et al. p. 186
2010Connochaetes Gentry p. 789

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAlcelaphiniBrookes 1876
genusConnochaetes(Lichtenstein 1812)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Connochaetes Lichtenstein 1812 [wildebeest]
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Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991
Connochaetes gentryi leptoceras Geraads et al. 2004
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 [black wildebeest]
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 [blue wildebeest]
Connochaetes tournoueri Thomas 1884
Invalid names: Oreonagor Thomas 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available