{{Short description|Subfamily of mammals}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Late Miocene to present | image = Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) (30573334994).jpg | image_caption = Bontebok<br>(''Damaliscus pygargus pygargus'') | image2 = Ñu común (Connochaetes taurinus), parque nacional de Amboseli, Kenia, 2024-05-23, DD 17 (cropped).jpg | image2_caption = Blue wildebeest<br>(''Connochaetes taurinus'') | taxon = Alcelaphinae | authority = Brooke, 1876 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *''Alcelaphus'' *''Beatragus'' *''Connochaetes'' *''Damaliscus'' *{{extinct}}''Damalacra'' *{{extinct}}''Damalborea'' *{{extinct}}''Damalops'' *{{extinct}}''Megalotragus'' *{{extinct}}''Numidocapra'' *{{extinct}}''Oreonagor'' *{{extinct}}''Parestigorgon'' *{{extinct}}''Parmularius'' *{{extinct}}''Rabaticerus'' *{{extinct}}''Rhynotragus'' *{{extinct}}''Rusingoryx'' }}
The subfamily '''Alcelaphinae''' (or tribe '''Alcelaphini'''),<ref>Not to be confused with protozoan suborder Acephalina</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-11-06|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5651212 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5651212|access-date=2022-01-30}}</ref> 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.<ref name=WilsonReeder2005>{{MSW3|id=14200495|heading=Subfamily Alcelaphinae}}</ref>
'''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''
==Extinct alcelaphines== thumb|Skull of the Pleistocene alcelaphin ''Damalops palaeindicus'' from India * '''Subfamily Alcelaphinae''' ** ''Beatragus'' *** †''Beatragus antiquus'' ** ''Connochaetes'' *** †''Connochaetes africanus'' *** †''Connochaetes gentryi'' *** ''Connochaetes gnou'' **** †''Connochaetes gnou laticornutus'' **** †''Connochaetes gnou antiquus'' *** ''Connochaetes taurinus'' **** †''Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis'' ** †''Damalacra'' *** †''Damalacra acalla'' ** †''Damalborea'' *** †''Damalborea elisabethae'' ** ''Damaliscus'' *** †''Damaliscus hypsodon'' (Extinct: Late Pleistocene-early Holocene) *** †''Damaliscus niro'' ** †''Damalops'' *** †''Damalops palaeindicus'' ** †''Megalotragus'' *** †''Megalotragus kattwinkeli'' *** †''Megalotragus priscus'' (Extinct: Late Pleistocene-early Holocene) ** †''Numidocapra'' *** †''Numidocapra arambourgi'' *** †''Numidocapra crassicornis'' *** †''Numidocapra porrocornutus'' ** †''Oreonagor'' *** †''Oreonagor tournoueri'' ** †''Parabubalis'' *** †''Parabubalis capricornis'' ** †''Parestigorgon'' ** †''Parmularius'' *** †''Parmularius pachyceras'' *** †''Parmularius ambiquus'' *** †''Parmularius pandatus'' *** †''Parmularius atlanticus'' *** †''Parmularius rugosus'' *** †''Parmularius altidens'' *** †''Parmularius angusticornis'' ** †''Rabaticeras'' *** †''Rabaticeras lemutai'' ** †''Rhynotragus'' *** †''Rhynotragus semiticus'' ** †''Rusingoryx'' *** †''Rusingoryx atopocranion''
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Category:Alcelaphinae Category:Bovidae Category:Mammal tribes Category:Fauna of Sub-Saharan Africa Category:Extant Miocene first appearances Category:Taxa named by Victor Brooke
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