Species Alcelaphus buselaphus (Pallas, 1766) (Swayne's hartebeest)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Artiodactyla
  • ---- family: Bovidae
  • ----- species: Alcelaphus buselaphus
Synonyms:
  • Alcelaphus buselaphus caama
  • Alcelaphus caama
Characteristics:herbivore; height: 110-150 cm; the coat is glossy red-brown; the outside of the legs and the tail are black; the buttocks are light; there is a black blaze on the face; the snout is very long; the shoulders are humped and the back is sloped; the horns rise from a single pedicel and are S-shaped;
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 76
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-06-29
Place: Etosha, Namibia
Creator: Hans Hillewaert
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: wikimedia
Date: unknown
Place: Etosha National Park, Namibia
Creator: Patrick Giraud
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-06-29
Place: Etosha National Park, Namibia
Creator: Hans Hillewaert
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: title Red Hartebeest in Namibia
Date: 2009-03-08
Place: Naturkunde-Museum Berlin, Germany
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-29
Place: near Auob river, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Creator: Taa DoBeS team (Boden/Güldemann/Naumann)
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2011-03-29
Place: near Ngwatle, Kgalagadi district, Botswana
Creator: Güldemann/Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-28
Place: near Auob river, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Creator: Taa DoBeS team (Boden/Güldemann/Naumann)
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-30
Place: near Kaa gate, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana
Creator: Taa DoBeS team (Boden/Güldemann/Naumann)
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-29
Place: near Auob river, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Creator: Taa DoBeS team (Boden/Güldemann/Naumann)
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-29
Place: near Auob river, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Creator: Taa DoBeS team (Boden/Güldemann/Naumann)
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-28
Place: near Auob river, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Creator: Taa DoBeS team (Boden/Güldemann/Naumann)
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
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