Coke's Hartebeest
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| Coke's Hartebeest | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Alcelaphus |
| Species: | A. buselaphus |
| Subspecies: | A. b. cokii |
| Trinomial name | |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii (Günther, 1884)[2] |
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| Synonyms | |
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A. b. cokeii |
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Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii) or Kongoni is an antelope native to Kenya and Tanzania.
It can hybridize with Lelwel Hartebeest to make the Kenya Highland Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel x cokii).
[edit] References
- ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. cokii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/815. Retrieved 31 March 2011. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii, Mammal Species of the World. Third edition.
[edit] External Links
| External identifiers for Coke's Hartebeest | |
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| EOL | 4447810 |
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