Photo-documentation of Swayne's hartebeest, part 1

https://fyanimaldiversity.tumblr.com/post/42285630971/subspecies-of-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus

https://www.scip.be/index.php?Page=PhotosEthiopia2018&Lang=EN&ID=3605

General view:

https://www.alamy.com/swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-wildlife-sanctuary-swaynes-hartebeest-is-an-endangered-antilope-which-is-endemic-to-et-image461633113.html?imageid=E8129D8D-3AF0-44DA-BE0F-41B5CD576638&p=1865086&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

Based on the anatomy of the tail, Alcelaphus cokii (https://www.alamy.com/red-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-droppings-masai-mara-game-reserve-image61099055.html and https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/bubal-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-serengeti-nationalpark-tanzania-africa-adult/JHS-DS02717) is clearly a different species from Alcelaphus caama (https://stock.adobe.com/au/search?filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aphoto%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aillustration%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Azip_vector%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Avideo%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Atemplate%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3A3d%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aaudio%5D=0&filters%5Binclude_stock_enterprise%5D=0&filters%5Bis_editorial%5D=0&filters%5Bfree_collection%5D=0&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aimage%5D=1&k=%22red+hartebeest%22&order=relevance&safe_search=1&limit=100&search_page=5&search_type=pagination&get_facets=0&asset_id=157197868 and https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/buttocks-tail-red-hartebeest-581576641 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJF90jV-T0A).

However, the tail of swaynei resembles that of cokii.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/swayne-hartebeest-tony-camachoscience-photo-library.html?product=art-print

COMPARISON WITH ALCELAPHUS CAAMA:

Adult male of A. swaynei:

:https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-alcephalus-busephalus-swaynei/MEV-10780692

Adult males of A. caama:

https://www.mindenpictures.com/stock-photo/red-hartebeest-(alcelaphus-caama)-bulls-on-kalahari-pan-kaa-kgalagadi/search/detailmodal-0_70027755.html

Mature males:

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei/D88-582966

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-game-sanctuary-85939018.html?imageid=B9FA8013-A6CE-4EDE-ABD7-699B61FF5A02&p=22059&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

Mature female:

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-game-sanctuary-85939017.html?imageid=163237FD-F9D9-4E69-A468-34F37B5E66C6&p=22059&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

Mature female with infant:

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alceluphus-buselaphus-swaynei-ethiopia-22535860.html?imageid=E709BE65-C9DC-4AA3-8423-87B4FCB88674&p=5264&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

The following shows particularly clearly the conspicuous pattern on the hindquarters:

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-game-sanctuary-25984558.html?imageid=F6D603D1-A1A4-44BE-9719-DDB4A7ABDA07&p=74587&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-antelope-in-senkelle-sanctuary-ethiopia-africa-wildlife/ESY-054646707/1

Mature females:

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei/D88-582965

https://www.alamy.com/swaynes-hartebeest-alceluphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-wildlife-image154471530.html?imageid=CB7EA74B-477A-4E69-9E33-C34516C331FE&p=5264&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

Adult males in posteriolateral view:

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-wildlife-sanctuary-swayne-s-hartebeest-is-an-endangered-antilope/X8C-1042360/1

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-wildlife-sanctuary-swayne-s-hartebeest-is-an-endangered-antilope/X8C-1042360

https://www.alamy.com/swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-swaynei-male-standing-on-grassy-hillside-sankelle-sanctuary-ethiopia-april-image417637258.html?imageid=66653F57-49CE-4ABE-8821-6CC3FFCD8046&p=353981&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-game-sanctuary-25984570.html?imageid=91CC27C6-4F31-4747-BF6F-484E6D25A176&p=74587&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-game-sanctuary-85939016.html?imageid=9E182B4D-D61D-40D2-9678-D99287ABC2BB&p=22059&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

The following mature male individual, in posteriolateral view, shows maximal darkening of the whole anterior surface of the face:

https://www.alamy.com/swaynes-hartebeest-alceluphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-wildlife-image154471477.html?imageid=67899050-5702-47CF-BF1B-599A682B2DF3&p=5264&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

Mature female with long horns, showing particularly clearly the colouration in the upper forelegs:

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-antelope-in-senkelle-sanctuary-ethiopia-africa-wildlife/ESY-053514938/1

Mature male with long horns:

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alceluphus-buselaphus-swaynei-ethiopia-22531003.html?imageid=B33B25F8-BDA9-41D8-9C40-F3E727C2885D&p=5264&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

The following, of two adult males, shows particularly the pattern on the posterior surface of the upper foreleg:

https://www.alamy.com/swaynes-hartebeest-antelope-in-senkelle-sanctuary-ethiopia-africa-wildlife-image387665936.html?imageid=F38BFF5F-B427-4F6B-8F36-41F6B25C6790&p=87725&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

The following show mature male individuals of 'stunted' body size (judging from the proportional size of the head), weighing perhaps only 100 kg. The horns, in most individuals, seem identical in shape and size to those of A. cokii.

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swaynes-hartebeest-antelope-in-senkelle-sanctuary-ethiopia-africa-wildlife/ESY-060383435/1

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-adult-male-standing-on-ridge-sankelle-sanctuary-ethiopia-april/FHR-10523-00003-250

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hartebeest-hartebeests-africa-african-ethiopia-ethiopian-subspecies-33123001.html?imageid=9C6F7608-078F-4825-B69B-0BD3CB8CB222&p=95996&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swaynes-hartebeest-antelope-in-senkelle-sanctuary-ethiopia-africa-wildlife/ESY-058675054/1

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/swayne-s-hartebeest-antelope-in-senkelle-sanctuary-ethiopia-africa-wildlife/ESY-053515136/1

https://www.alamy.com/swaynes-hartebeest-alceluphus-buselaphus-swaynei-senkele-wildlife-image154471500.html?imageid=765D7A7D-C64E-4A33-94FE-FF3FEAEC422D&p=5264&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

(Compare the above with the following of mature male A. caama, which shows the body and head proportions of an animal weighing about 150 kg: https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-hartebeest-red-african-wildlife-shining-horn-bull-prime-posing-camera-photo-taken-game-ranch-namibia-africa-image31174991)

Adult males, showing both posterior and anterior views:

https://www.alamy.com/swaynes-hartebeest-alcephalus-busephalus-swaynei-senkelle-swaynes-hartebeest-sanctuary-ethiopia-image333442231.html?imageid=ADBDE9A8-6556-47EB-8A61-D2D5DFE9C165&p=530947&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/swaynes-hartebeest-senkelle-swaynes-hartebeest-sanctuary-sylvain-cordier--natureplcom.html?product=art-print

The population in Maze National Park particularly resembles A. cokii:

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-maze-national-park-85989730.html?imageid=8D6C5E34-D111-4E3F-85E5-72F9534B8BB9&p=22059&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-swaynes-hartebeest-alcelaphus-buselaphus-swaynei-maze-national-park-85989739.html?imageid=4F377CB4-7F73-4A1E-9717-2BB6283321E5&p=22059&pn=1&searchId=966b20bd432083e81745930eae490c7c&searchtype=0

Posted on October 13, 2022 10:38 PM by milewski