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The bubal hartebeest ranged originally across Africa north of the Sahara, from Morocco to Egypt, where it disappeared earlier. [7] It was also present with certainty in the Southern Levant prior to the Iron Age, [8] but Francis Harper (1945) found only "none too well substantiated" recent historical records from Palestine and Arabia.
The Bubal hartebeest has been declared extinct since 1994. [21] German explorer Heinrich Barth, in his works of 1857, cites firearms and European intrusion among the reasons for the decrease in its numbers. [70] It was extinct in Tunisia by the late 19th century. [71] The last individual was shot in Missour in 1925. [72]
The subfamily Alcelaphinae (or tribe Alcelaphini), [1] [2] 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 ...
Corine antelope, Antelope corinna, and extinct Bubal Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Giarre, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli.
Bubal hartebeest: Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus: North Africa and Southern Levant Disappeared from the Southern Levant during the Iron Age (1200-586 BCE). [60] Caucasian wisent: Bison bonasus caucasicus: Caucasus, Kurdistan, [67] and Northern Iran Present in eastern Turkey until the Iron Age. [68] Steppe bison: Bison priscus: Northern ...
Some antelopes have been domesticated including the oryxes, addax, elands and the extinct bubal hartebeest. In Ancient Egypt oryxes, addaxes and bubal hartebeests are depicted in carved walls. [citation needed] The earliest evidence of cattle domestication is from 8000 BC, suggesting that the process began in Cyprus and the Euphrates basin. [69]
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Bubal hartebeest: Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766: Hartebeest (Alcephalus buselaphus) Artiodactyla: 1925 Africa: Portuguese ibex: Capra pyrenaica lusitanica Schlegel, 1872: Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) Artiodactyla: 1892 Europe: Pyrenean ibex: Capra pyrenaica pyreneica Schinz, 1838: Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) Artiodactyla ...