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Alcelaphus buselaphus (hartebeest)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Alcelaphus buselaphus was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. coama, A. lichtensteini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas
1990Alcelaphus buselaphus Peters p. 88
1997Alcelaphus buselaphus Vrba p. 143
2008Alcelaphus buselaphus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Alcelaphus buselaphus Gentry p. 786

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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
genusAlcelaphusBlainville 1816
speciesbuselaphusPallas 1766

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.

Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 [hartebeest]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 10:59:50
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:00:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1999, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Alcelaphus buselaphus (22508 22509 22510 22511 22512 22513 22516 22518 22523 22524 22526 22530 22531 22541 22544 22545)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21695 21916 21929)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Alcelaphus buselaphus (21853 21885 21886 21887 21888 21890 21891 21892 21898 21899 21901 21905 21906 60522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Libya Alcelaphus buselaphus (21864)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Alcelaphus buselaphus (22489)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Alcelaphus buselaphus (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21948 21949 21950 21952)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Alcelaphus buselaphus (22529 22532 22533 22534 22535 22536 22538 22539 22540 22542 22543)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania Alcelaphus buselaphus (22194)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Ethiopia Alcelaphus buselaphus (22168)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Libya Alcelaphus buselaphus (21865 21884)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Alcelaphus buselaphus (22548)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Alcelaphus buselaphus (22098)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21923)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (115188)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Alcelaphus buselaphus (22272)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Alcelaphus buselaphus (22134 22177)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Alcelaphus buselaphus (32093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Alcelaphus buselaphus (32090 32113 32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (113858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Alcelaphus buselaphus (32115 32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Alcelaphus buselaphus (32119 32126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Alcelaphus buselaphus (22067 22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Alcelaphus buselaphus (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Alcelaphus buselaphus (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Alcelaphus buselaphus (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Alcelaphus buselaphus (21903 21904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Alcelaphus buselaphus (21933 21934 21936 21937 21938 22310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Alcelaphus buselaphus (21878)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21862 21866 21918 21940 21946)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Alcelaphus buselaphus (21861 21897 21909 21911 21912 21941 21943 21944 21947)