Hippotragus
| Hippotragus | |
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| Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippotraginae |
| Genus: | Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 |
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Hippotragus /hɪˈpɒtrəɡəs/ is a genus of antelopes which includes two living and one recently extinct species,[1] as well as some fossil relatives. The name comes from Greek ἵππος (híppos), "horse", and τράγος (trágos), "he-goat".
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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H. equinus | Roan antelope | West, Central, East and Southern Africa |
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H. niger | Sable antelope | East Africa, south of Kenya, and Southern Africa |
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H. leucophaeus | †Bluebuck or blue antelope | the southwestern Cape of South Africa |
Fossil species
- †Hippotragus gigas[2]
- †? - may be a nomen dubium[3]
References[]
- ^ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 718. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Hippotragus gigas". Fossilworks.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 773-774. ISBN 9780520257214.
External links[]
Media related to Hippotragus at Wikimedia Commons
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- Grazing antelopes
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