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Alcelaphus lichtensteinii (Lichtenstein's hartebeest)

Synonyms: Sigmoceros lichtensteinii

Wikipedia Abstract

Lichtenstein's hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii) is a savannah- and floodplain-dwelling antelope found in southern Central Africa. By some, this species is classified as Sigmoceros lichtensteinii. It derives its name from zoologist Martin Lichtenstein.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  378.091 lbs (171.498 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  33.07 lbs (15.00 kg)
Diet [3]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  100 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  1 year 6 months
Gestation [2]  7 months 27 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  3 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  6.658 feet (203 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve   Mpumalanga, South Africa  
Mahale Mountains National Park II 398414 Tanzania
South Luangwa National Park II 2220358 Zambia  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cotylophoron cotylophorum <Unverified Name>[4]
Cotylophoron jacksoni <Unverified Name>[4]
Haemonchus contortus (red stomach worm)[5]
Leptospira interrogans[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403
♦ 2Nathan 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
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 5Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
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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