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Alcelaphus caama (red hartebeest)

Synonyms: Alcelaphus buselaphus caama (homotypic); Antilope caama (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama or A. caama) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Bovidae found in Southern Africa. More than 130,000 individuals live in the wild. The red hartebeest is closely related to the tsessebe and the topi.
View Wikipedia Record: Alcelaphus caama

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  352.673 lbs (159.969 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  22.415 lbs (10.167 kg)
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Gestation [1]  8 months 3 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  23 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  7.249 feet (221 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0