Alcelaphinae Brooke 1876

Alcelaphinae Brooke 1876, in: Wallace. Geog. Distr. Anim.: 224.

Genera: 4 genera with 10 species:

Genus Alcelaphus de Blainville 1816 (3 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Beatragus Heller 1912 (1 species)

Genus Connochaetes Lichtenstein 1812 (2 species with 5 subspecies)

Genus Damaliscus Sclater and Thomas 1894 (4 species with 5 subspecies)

Discussion: Living genera assigned to two subtribes by Vrba (1997), Alcelaphini (including Alcelaphus, Beatragus, and Connochaetes) and Damaliscini (includes only Damaliscus), but retention of flehmen behavior, lost in Alcelaphus and Damaliscus (Estes, 1999), and karyology suggests Beatragus is sister group of Alcelaphus plus Damaliscus (Kumamoto et al., 1996; Robinson et al., 1991).