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Alcelaphus buselaphus (Red hartebeest)

rooihartbees [Afrikaans]; Rote Kuhantilope [German]; bubale [French]; indluzele, iqhama, ihlezu [isiNdebele]; ixhama [isiXhosa]; indluzele, inkolongwane, indluzela [isiZulu]; thetele [Sepedi]; thetele, khama, lethodile, kgama, tlohela [Sesotho]; kgama, khama [Setswana]; ngama [Shona]; inkologwane, umzansi [siSwati]; nondo, nondzo [Xitsonga]; thendele [Tshivenda]; ||Khamab [Nama] [Damara]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Antilopinae

Alcelaphus buselaphus (Red hartebeest)

Red hartebeest, Kgalagadi National Park, South Africa. [photo Lorinda Steenkamp ©]

Alcelaphus buselaphus (Red hartebeest) Alcelaphus buselaphus (Red hartebeest)

Red hartebeest, Rooipoort Nature Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Red hartebeest, Mokala National Park, South Africa. [photo Johan van Rensburg ©]

Alcelaphus buselaphus (Red hartebeest)

Red hartebeest, Kgalagadi National Park, South Africa. [photo Johann du Preez ©]