Alcelaphinae

The subfamilyAlcelaphinae (or tribeAlcelaphini), 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, while Sigmoceros is sometimes considered for the Lichtenstein's hartebeest.

Subfamily Alcelaphinae

• Genus Beatragus
  • Hirola, Beatragus hunteri
• Genus Damaliscus
  • Tsessebe, D. lunatus
    • Korrigum, D. lunatus korrigum
    • Topi, D. lunatus jimela
    • Coastal topi, D. lunatus topi
  • Bontebok, D. pygargus
    • Bontebok (subspecies), D. p. pygargus
    • Blesbok, D. p. phillipsi
• Genus Alcelaphus
  • Hartebeest, A. buselaphus
    • Bubal hartebeest, †A. b. buselaphus
    • Coke's hartebeest, A. b. cokii
    • Lelwel hartebeest, A. b. lelwel
    • Western hartebeest, A. b. major
    • Swayne's hartebeest, A. b. swaynei
    • Tora hartebeest, A. b. tora
    • Red hartebeest, A. b. caama
    • Lichtenstein's hartebeest, A. b. lichtensteinii
• Genus Connochaetes
  • Black wildebeest (or white-tailed gnu), C. gnou
  • Blue wildebeest, C. taurinus
    • Blue wildebeest C. t. taurinus
    • Eastern white-bearded wildebeest C. t. albojubatus
    • Cookson's wildebeest C. t. cooksoni
    • Nyassaland wildebeest C. t. johnstoni
    • Western white-bearded wildebeestC. t. mearnsi