Alcelaphus
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin alcelaphus, from Latin alces (“elk”) + New Latin elaphus (“deer”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”), q.v.
Proper noun[edit]
Alcelaphus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – hartebeests.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Alcelaphinae - subfamily
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Alcelaphus buselaphus (hartebeest), Alcelaphus caama (red hartebeest), Alcelaphus lichtensteinii (Lichtenstein's hartebeest)
References[edit]
Alcelaphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alcelaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alcelaphus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
