Taxonomy Profile: Alcelaphus caama (É Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)

Alcelaphus caama: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Red Hartebeest []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Alcelaphus caama: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Artiodactyla
cloven-hoofed ungulates |
even-toed ungulates |
porco do mato |
veado |
artiodactyls |
Family : Bovidae
bovids |
antelopes |
cattle |
goats |
sheep |
Subfamily : Alcelaphinae
Genus : Alcelaphus
Species : Alcelaphus caama
Red Hartebeest |
Alcelaphus caama Direct Children(s):
Alcelaphus caama: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Alcelaphus caama
Alcelaphus caama: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Alcelaphus caama: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (cd) as A. buselaphus caama
Comment:
Comments: Authorship and date of publication validated by Opinion 2005 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2002b). Alcelaphus buselaphus would be paraphyletic if A. caama were included, as the latter is the sister-species of A. lichtensteinii (Arctander et al., 1999; Flagstad et al., 2000)