ETOSHA National Park 2024 - Day Two_English

Game viewing in the Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Zebra, Blue Wildebeest, Kudu, Elephant, Red Hartebeest, Oryx, Damara DikDik, various birds

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Hartebeests, also known as kongonis are bovids that constitute the genus Alcelaphus, there are two hartebeest species alive today, which are the Northern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) and the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), the northern hartebeest has six recognized subspecies: the Jackson's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus jacksoni), the Lelwel Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel), the Senegal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus major), the Swayne's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei), the Tora Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus tora), and the †Bubal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), while the southern hartebeest has three recognized subspecies: the Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama cokii), the Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama lichtensteinii), and the Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama caama).