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Hartebeest

Mammals

The hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus, is a large African antelope and the only member of its genus. It is also known as the kongoni or kaama. Eight subspecies have been described, and two of them are sometimes treated as separate species. An adult stands a little over a metre at the shoulder, measures roughly two to two and a half metres from head to rump and weighs between 100 and 200 kilograms. The long face, short neck, oddly shaped horns and the hump over the shoulders, formed by long processes of the vertebrae, set it apart from other antelopes. Both sexes carry horns. Hartebeest live in herds of 20 to 300 animals, are alert and non-aggressive, and feed mainly on grasses.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
Population Trend
Decreasing 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Threats
Agriculture and Aquaculture 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 1
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Lifespan
15 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Bovidae, Taxa
Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)
Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Serengeti, Ecosystems
Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Benin

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives
Park in Senegal; Comoé National Park in Ivory Coast; Diefoula forest and Nazinga Game Ranch in Burkina Faso; Pendjari National Park in Benin; and Bouba Njida, Bénoué, and Faro National Parks in Cameroon.
Burkina Faso

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
It has been eliminated from most of its range, including the southwestern savannas and Boucle du Baoulé National Park in Mali; southwestern Niger; southern Senegal; Gambia; Ivory Coast; Burkina Faso.
Cameroon

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (3)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (3)
forest and Nazinga Game Ranch in Burkina Faso; Pendjari National Park in Benin; and Bouba Njida, Bénoué, and Faro National Parks in Cameroon.
Central African Republic

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (4)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (4)
Floris National Park and Bamingui-Bangoran National Park and Biosphere Reserve in the Central African Republic, where the populations have been falling; Rumanyika Orugundu Game Reserve and Ibanda Game Reserve in Tanzania; and Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda.
Gambia

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
It has been eliminated from most of its range, including the southwestern savannas and Boucle du Baoulé National Park in Mali; southwestern Niger; southern Senegal; Gambia; Ivory Coast; Burkina Faso.
Kenya

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (5)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (5)
This species has been greatly affected by habitat destruction, and about 42,000 Coke's hartebeest occur today in Mara, Serengeti National Park, and Tarangire National Park in Tanzania and Tsavo East National Park in Kenya.
Mali

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
It has been eliminated from most of its range, including the southwestern savannas and Boucle du Baoulé National Park in Mali; southwestern Niger; southern Senegal; Gambia; Ivory Coast; Burkina Faso.
Namibia

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (6)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (6)
In Namibia, the largest population occurs in the Etosha National Park.
Niger

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
It has been eliminated from most of its range, including the southwestern savannas and Boucle du Baoulé National Park in Mali; southwestern Niger; southern Senegal; Gambia; Ivory Coast; Burkina Faso.
Senegal

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Source Hartebeest (Wikipedia)Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
Quote, Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
It has been eliminated from most of its range, including the southwestern savannas and Boucle du Baoulé National Park in Mali; southwestern Niger; southern Senegal; Gambia; Ivory Coast; Burkina Faso.
Sources
1. Hartebeest (Wikipedia)
  • Status and conservation
    The species as a whole is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN.
  • Lead
    The hartebeest (; Alcelaphus buselaphus), also known as kongoni or kaama, is an African antelope.
  • Lead, diet
    They are primarily grazers, with their diets consisting mainly of grasses.
  • Status and conservation, population trend
    The population is decreasing, and 70% of the population lives in protected areas.
  • Lead, threats
    The hartebeest was formerly widespread in Africa, but populations have undergone a drastic decline due to habitat destruction, hunting, human settlement, and competition with livestock for food.
  • Lead, relationship to people
    It is a popular game animal due to its highly regarded meat.
  • Diet
    A study in the Nazinga Game Ranch in Burkina Faso found that the hartebeest's skull structure eased the acquisition and chewing of highly fibrous foods.
  • Lead, lifespan
    The lifespan is 12 to 15 years.
  • Lead, system
    Inhabiting dry savannas and wooded grasslands, hartebeest often move to more arid places after rainfall.
  • Status and conservation, where it lives
    Park in Senegal; Comoé National Park in Ivory Coast; Diefoula forest and Nazinga Game Ranch in Burkina Faso; Pendjari National Park in Benin; and Bouba Njida, Bénoué, and Faro National Parks in Cameroon.
  • Status and conservation, where it lives (2)
    It has been eliminated from most of its range, including the southwestern savannas and Boucle du Baoulé National Park in Mali; southwestern Niger; southern Senegal; Gambia; Ivory Coast; Burkina Faso.
  • Status and conservation, where it lives (3)
    forest and Nazinga Game Ranch in Burkina Faso; Pendjari National Park in Benin; and Bouba Njida, Bénoué, and Faro National Parks in Cameroon.
  • Status and conservation, where it lives (4)
    Floris National Park and Bamingui-Bangoran National Park and Biosphere Reserve in the Central African Republic, where the populations have been falling; Rumanyika Orugundu Game Reserve and Ibanda Game Reserve in Tanzania; and Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda.
  • Status and conservation, where it lives (5)
    This species has been greatly affected by habitat destruction, and about 42,000 Coke's hartebeest occur today in Mara, Serengeti National Park, and Tarangire National Park in Tanzania and Tsavo East National Park in Kenya.
  • Status and conservation, where it lives (6)
    In Namibia, the largest population occurs in the Etosha National Park.
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Evolution
    The northern lineage further diverged into eastern and western lineages, nearly 400,000 years ago, most probably as a result of the expanding central African rainforest belt and subsequent contraction of savanna habitats during a period of global warming.
  • Child Taxon Of: Bovidae, Taxonomy
    First described by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1766, it is classified in the genus Alcelaphus and placed in the family Bovidae.
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Artiodactyla (Wikipedia)
In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Inner systematics
Quote, In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Inner systematics
The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
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