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The tora hartebeest, or simply tora (Alcelaphus buselaphus tora), is an extremely endangered antelope, native to Eritrea and Ethiopia. It has possibly been extirpated from Sudan. One of the most critically endangered large mammals in the world, it is threatened by poaching and habitat loss. Perhaps fewer than 250 individuals remain in the wild ...
The Swayne's hartebeest is smaller than the Tora hartebeest, but both have a shorter forehead and similar appearance. [47] Generally short and shiny, the coat varies in colour according to subspecies. [48] The western hartebeest is a pale sandy-brown, but the front of the legs are darker. [43] The red hartebeest is a reddish-brown, with a dark ...
A. b. tora (Tora hartebeest) Scattered sub-Saharan Africa: Size: 150–245 cm (59–96 in) long, ... Habitat: Forest, shrubland, grassland, and desert [40]
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 ...
Other species have been extirpated in Dinder since was gazetted, including African bush elephant, black rhinoceros, hippopotamus, tora hartebeest, Nubian giraffe, Soemmerring's gazelle, and the Nile crocodile. [3] Dinder National Park has been a habitat for the painted hunting dog (Lycaon pictus), but this endangered canid declined in this ...
"While the other hartebeest are decreasing in numbers, the three endangered subspecies are the Tora, Lelwel and Swayne's hartebeest": how about "All the hartebeest subspecies are decreasing in numbers, with three subspecies regarded as endangered: the Tora, Lelwel and Swayne's hartebeest"? OK, done.
This is a list of the bird and mammal species and subspecies described as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.It contains species and subspecies not only in the U.S. and its territories, but also those only found in other parts of the world.
Tora hartebeest; W. Western hartebeest This page was last edited on 11 June 2011, at 23:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...