Alcelaphus buselaphus (Pallas, 1766) . Mise. Zool., p. 7.

TYPE LOCALITY: Morocco .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Ethiopia, south to E Zaire, Uganda, Kenya and N Tanzania; S Angola, W Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa . Formerly N Morocco, N Algeria, and, up to Dynastic times, east to Egypt. Extinct in N Africa, Somalia, and much of its former South African range.

STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered as A. b. swaynei and A. b. torà.

SYNONYMS: bubalis, bubastis, caama, cokii, deckeni, digglei, evalensis, heuglini, insignis, invadens, jacksoni, keniae, kongoni, lelwel, luzarchei, major, matschiei, mauretanicus, modestus, nakurae, neumanni, niediecki, noacki, obscurus, oscari, rahatensis, ritchiei, roosevelti, rothschildi, sabakiensis, schillingsi, schulzi, selbornei, senegalensis, swaynei, tanae, torà, tschadensis, tunisianus, wembaerensis.

COMMENTS: Includes caama; see Ellerman et al. (1953:202).