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.
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).
The large mammals are represented by herbivores like the gemsbok (Oryx gazella), the brindled gnu (Connochaetes taurinus), the red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), and the common eland (Taurotragus oryx).