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--> GENUS Alcelaphus
SPECIES Alcelaphus lichtensteinii
Author: | Peters, 1849. | Citation: | Spenerschen Zeitung, 18 December, 1849: p. unknown; reprinted in 1912 in Gesellschaft Natuurforschender Freunde zu Berlin for 1839-59. | Common Name: | Lichtenstein's Hartebeest | Type Locality: | No type locality indicated; since identified as Mozambique, Tette. | Distribution: | E Angola, SE Dem. Rep. Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and doubtfully Limpopo Prov.; extinct but reintroduced), Swaziland (extinct), Tanzania, Zambia, SE Zimbabwe. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). | Comments: | Included in Alcelaphus buselaphus by Haltenorth (1963:102) and Kingdon (1997:429), but regarded as a distinct species by other authors and placed in a separate genus, Sigmoceros by Vrba (1979). Included in Alcelaphus by Gentry (1990). |
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