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Alcelaphinae

hartebeests, wildebeests, and sassabies

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 White-bearded Gnu or Wildebeest
taxon links [up-->]Alcelaphus buselaphus [up-->]Damaliscus pygargus [up-->]Connochaetes gnou [up-->]Sigmoceros lichtensteinii [up-->]Damaliscus lunatus [up-->]Connochaetes taurinus extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon [down<--]Bovidae Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Bovidae

Other Names for Alcelaphinae

References

Arctander, P., C. Johansen, and M.-A. Coutellec-Vreto. 1999. Phylogeography of three closely related African bovids (Tribe Alcelaphini). Molecular Biology and Evolution 16:1724-1739.

Essop, M. F., E. H. Harley, and I. Baumgarten. 1997. A molecular phylogeny of some Bovidae based on restriction-site mapping of mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Mammalogy 78:377-386.

Fernández, M. H. and E. S. Vrba. 2005. A complete estimate of the phylogenetic relationships in Ruminantia: a dated species-level supertree of the extant ruminants. Biological Reviews 80(2):269-302.

Gatesy, J., G. Amato, E. S. Vrba, G. Schaller, and R. Desalle. 1997. A cladistic analysis of mitochondrial ribosomal DNA from the Bovidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 7:303-319.

Grobler, J. P. and F. H. Van Der Bank. 1995. Allozyme divergence among four representatives of the subfamily Alcelaphinae (family: Bovidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B Biochemisty and Molecular Biology 112:303-308.

Matthee, C. A. and T. J. Robinson. 1999. Cytochrome b phylogeny of the family bovidae: resolution within the Alcelaphini, Antilopini, Neotragini, and Tragelaphini. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12:31-46.

McKenna, M. C. and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York.

Pitra, C., R. A. Kock, R. R. Hofmann, and D. Lieckfeldt. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of the critically endandered Hunter's antelope (Beatragus hunteri Sclater 1889). Journal of Zoology and Evolutionary Research 36:179-184.

Vrba, E. S. 1979. Phylogenetic analysis and classification of fossil and recent Alcelaphini Mammalia: Bovidae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 11:207-228.

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Scientific Name Damaliscus lunatus
Location South Africa
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Topi, or Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), also known as Tiang or Korrigum)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Arno & Louise Meintjes
White-bearded Gnu or Wildebeest
Scientific Name Connochaetes taurinus
Location Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By self
Behavior walking
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage adult
Body Part whole
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Scientific Name Alcelaphus buselaphus
Location Murchison National Park, Uganda
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Coyotos
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