Biology:Grazing antelope

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Short description: Subfamily of antelopes

Grazing antelopes
Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
Hippotraginae-001.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Hippotraginae
Sundevall, 1845
Genera

A grazing antelope is any of the species of antelope that make up the subfamily Hippotraginae or tribe Hippotragini[1] of the family Bovidae. As grazers, rather than browsers, the "Hippo" in Hippotraginae refers to the slightly horse-like characteristics of body size and proportions: long legs and a solid body with a relatively thick muscular neck.

Genera

  • Subfamily Hippotraginae
Image Genus Living Species
Sable bull.jpg Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845
  • Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus
  • Sable antelope, Hippotragus niger
    • Giant sable antelope Hippotragus niger varani
  • Bluebuck, Hippotragus leucophaeus (extinct)
Etosha National Park, Namibia (2826106980).jpg Oryx de Blainville, 1816
Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) adult male and juvenile.jpg Addax Laurillard, 1841
  • Addax, Addax nasomaculatus


References

  1. Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, https://zenodo.org/record/5651212, retrieved 2022-01-30 

Wikidata ☰ Q725271 entry