In savannah areas, the species most appreciated by trophy hunters are the bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the large antelopes such as the giant eland (Taurotragus derbianus), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) and hartebeest (
Alcelaphus buselaphus).
Potential browser and grazer prey species on Namibian farmland are: kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros, gemsbok Oryx gazella, hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus, springbok Antidorcas marsupialis, warthog Phacochoerus africanus and cattle Bos taurus (Marker et al.
They therefore preferred to identify the yahmur "as the hartebeest (
Alcelaphus buselaphus), as is also suggested in the translation of the Septuagint and the Vulgate.
(VIII) Genus
Alcelaphus (hartebeests)--All species;
Modification of grasses or bushes prior to rubbing with the antorbital glands has been documented in oribi (Ourebia ourebia; Gosling 1972) and hartebeest (
Alcelaphus buselaphus; Gosling 1985).