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Definition of Hartebeests

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Hartbeest Hart"beest`, n. [D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast.] (Zo["o]l.) A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]

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- Retrieved 26 January 2016. Ruxton, A. E.; Schwarz, E. (1929). "On hybrid hartebeests and on the distribution of the Alcelaphus buselaphus group". Proceedings...
- shoulder and the horns were U-shaped when seen from the front. Like other hartebeests, the bubal was a social animal. Luis del Mármol Carvajal wrote in 1573...
- of the female. Hartebeests have an excellent sense of hearing and smell, although their sense of sight is poor. When alarmed, hartebeests flee, reaching...
- "head-flagging" movement in which the hartebeest shook its head up and down vigorously when alarmed. Hartebeests mark their territory by forming dung piles...
- Lelwel hartebeest can hybridize with Coke's hartebeest to make the Kenya Highland hartebeest (A. b. lelwel × cokii), or with Swayne's hartebeest to make...
- danger of extermination". Swayne's hartebeest exhibits ecological differences from other subspecies of hartebeests in that they prefer gr****land habitats...
- The tora hartebeest, or simply tora (Alcelaphus buselaphus tora), is an extremely endangered antelope, native to Eritrea and Ethiopia. It has possibly...
- with Lelwel hartebeest to produce a hybrid known as the Kenya Highland hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel x cokii). The Coke's hartebeest has a long...
- Alcelaphus Hartebeest, A. buselaphus Bubal hartebeest, †A. b. buselaphus Coke's hartebeest, A. b. cokii Lelwel hartebeest, A. b. lelwel Western hartebeest, A...
- The western hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus major) is an antelope native to the medium to tall gr****land plains of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the...