| 单词 | red hartebeest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred hartebeest red hartebeest n. [after Afrikaans rooi hartebeest (1896 or earlier)] a southern African hartebeest of the subspecies Alcelaphus buselaphus caama, which is reddish brown to yellowish fawn in colour; also called Cape hartebeest.The red hartebeest is now extinct in the wild. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Alcelaphus (red hartebeest) hartebeest1786 tetel1867 tora1873 konze1881 red hartebeest1900 kongoni1908 1896 Rec. of Big Game 65 The true Hartebeeste of South Africa [is] often called by the Boers the Rooi (red) Hartebeeste, to distinguish it from the Tsessebe (Bastard Hartebeeste or Zulu Hartebeeste of the Dutch hunters).] 1900 W. L. Sclater Mammals of S. Afr. I. 131 (heading) Bubalis caama. The Red Hartebeest... Hartebeest of the Dutch and English Colonists. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xii. 80 The Cape or red hartebeest..is now found only in the remoter parts of the north-west of the Cape Province and portions of the deserts of Bechuanaland and South-West Africa. 1991 Personality (Durban) 5 Aug. 29 Species that easily succumb [to game trading]..are springbok, nyala, reedbuck, bushbuck, red hartebeest, tsessebe and roan antelope. < as lemmas |
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