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The subfamily Alcelaphinae (or tribe Alcelaphini), 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.

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Alcelaphinae Bovidae artiodaktilo hausnarkarien azpifamilia bat da. Ñuak, altzelafoak eta damaliskoak talde honetakoak dira. Egun 10 espezie ditu, lau generotan banaturik. Aditu batzuen ustetan, Beatragus hunteri, Beatragus genero monotipikoaren kide bakarra dena, damaliskoen barnean sailkatu behar dugu.

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The subfamily Alcelaphinae (or tribe Alcelaphini), 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.

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

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