Alcelaphus lichtensteinii Peters 1849

Alcelaphus lichtensteinii Peters 1849, Spenersche Z., 18 December, 1849: p. unknown; reprinted in 1912 in Gesellschaft Natuurforschender Freunde zu Berlin for 1839-59.

Type Locality: No type locality indicated; since identified as Mozambique, Tette.

Vernacular Names: Lichtenstein's Hartebeest.

Distribution: E Angola, SE Dem. Rep. Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and doubtfully Limpopo Prov.; extinct but reintroduced), Swaziland (extinct), Tanzania, Zambia, SE Zimbabwe.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: Included in Alcelaphus buselaphus by Haltenorth (1963:102) and Kingdon (1997:429), but regarded as a distinct species by other authors and placed in a separate genus, Sigmoceros by Vrba (1979). Included in Alcelaphus by Gentry (1990).