Alcelaphinae

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

The subfamily Alcelaphinae (or tribe Alcelaphini), of the family Bovidae, contains the wildebeest, tsessebe, topi, hartebeest, blesbok and bontebok, and several other related species. Depending on the classification, there are 6–10 species placed in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, while Sigmoceros is sometimes considered for the Lichtenstein's hartebeest.

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 (or white-tailed gnu), 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

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