Biology:Neotragini

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Short description: Tribe of mammals

Neotragini
Royal antelope.jpg
Royal antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Neotragini
Sclater and Thomas, (1894)
Genera

Dorcatragus
Madoqua
Neotragus
Ourebia
Raphicerus

The tribe Neotragini[1] comprises the dwarf antelopes of Africa:

Some mammalogists (Haltenorth, 1963)[2] considered this group as a distinct subfamily (Neotraginae).

References

  1. "Neotragini — Encyclopedia of Life". EOL. 2013-03-05. http://eol.org/pages/4448714/details. 
  2. Sokolov, Vladimir (1979). Taxonomy of Mammals, vol. 3. Moscow: Vysshaya Shkola. pp. 402–403 (in Russian). 

Wikidata ☰ Q936330 entry