Common in the reserve are lion, hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus, spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta and jackal Canis aureus. From Wordnik.com. [Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania] Reference
The once-widespread scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah, EW) and bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus) have been exterminated entirely from the region. From Wordnik.com. [South Saharan steppe and woodlands] Reference
Endangered mammals include the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), Senegal hartebeest (Alcelaphus bucelaphus), elephants (Loxodanta africana) and one of the three manatee species (Trichechus senegalensis). From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6] Reference
Small numbers of the formerly widespread but now endangered subspecies Swayne's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei, EN) inhabit the Senkelle Wildlife Sanctuary and Nechisar National Park in Ethiopia's Rift Valley. From Wordnik.com. [Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
Probably denotes the Alcelaphus bubalis (the bubale or wild cow) of Barbary and North Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), eland (Taurotragus oryx), zebra (Equus burchelli), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) all migrate within this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
Greater kudu (T. strepsiceros), hartbeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), steenbok (Aepyceros melampus), sable (Hippotragus niger) and roan antelope (H. equinus) are found in fewer numbers, generally preferring the woodland margins of inundated grasslands. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian flooded grasslands] Reference
Its main prey are springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis, LR), although when game is scarce, it will also hunt young or weak hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus, LR), gemsbok, and wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus, LR), as well as duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) and springhare (Pedetes capensis), among others. From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari xeric savanna] Reference
The scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), now presumed to be extinct in the wild, dama gazelle (Gazella dama, EN), dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas, VU) and red-fronted gazelle (Gazella rufifrons, VU) were all formerly abundant and widespread, as was the now extinct sub-species of the common hartebeest, the bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus busephalus buselaphus). From Wordnik.com. [Sahelian Acacia savanna] Reference
The mammalian fauna of the Albany Thicket is characterized by different species of antelope including bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), eland (Taurotragus oryx), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), cape grysbok (Raphicerus melanotis) and common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia). From Wordnik.com. [Albany thickets] Reference
Antelope species found here include Swayne’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei, EN), Guenther’s dikdik (Madoqua guentheri) and greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference
In contrast, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii) and sable (Hippotragus niger) – whose centers of distribution are both in the miombo ecoregions of the Central African Plateau – move into the better watered drainage lines and grasslands during the dry winters, retreating to firmer ground and more wooded areas at the onset of flooding. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian coastal flooded savanna] Reference
Alcelaphus buselaphus), and aurochs (Bos primigenius. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Alcelaphus buselaphus), aurochs (Bos primigenius) and the hippopotamus (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The Zambezian and Mopane Woodlands can be clearly distinguished from moister savannas represented by miombo woodlands based on differences in their faunal assemblages: species such as side-striped jackal (Canis adustus), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), and Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus licthensteini) are associated with the miombo, while the black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), and impala (Aepyceros melampus) are identified with the Zambezian and Mopane Woodlands. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian and Mopane woodlands] Reference
Several animal populations are large (the figures are quoted from a 1994 aerial survey by TWCM): buffalo Syncerus caffer (138,000), blue and nyasa or whitebearded wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus and C. albojubatus, (46,500), impala Aepyceros melampus (29,500), Burchell's zebra Equus burchelli (21,500), Lichtenstein's hartebeest Signocerus lichtensteini (20,000), kongoni Alcelaphus buselaphus cokei (11,700) and common waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus (10,000). From Wordnik.com. [Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania] Reference
Ungulates include zebra (Equus burchelli), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), sable antelope (H. niger), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), kudu (T. strepsiceros), sitatunga (T. spekei), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), impala (Aepyceros melampus subsp. melampus), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), oribi (Ourebia ourebi), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), eland (Taurotragus oryx), blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), puku (K. vardoni), and lechwe (K. lechwe). From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
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