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A '''grazing antelope''' is any of the [[species]] of [[antelope]] that make up the [[subfamily]] '''Hippotraginae''' or [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] '''Hippotragini'''<ref>{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-11-06|url=https://zenodo.org/record/5651212 |
A '''grazing antelope''' is any of the [[species]] of [[antelope]] that make up the [[subfamily]] '''Hippotraginae''' or [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] '''Hippotragini'''<ref>{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-11-06|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5651212 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5651212|access-date=2022-01-30}}</ref> of the [[family (biology)|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. |
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==Genera== |
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* '''Subfamily Hippotraginae''' |
* '''Subfamily Hippotraginae''' |
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** '''Genus ''[[Hippotragus]]''''' |
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*** [[Roan antelope]], ''Hippotragus equinus'' |
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*** [[Sable antelope]], ''Hippotragus niger'' |
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**** [[Giant sable antelope]] ''Hippotragus niger varani'' |
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*** [[Bluebuck]], ''Hippotragus leucophaeus'' (extinct) |
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|''[[Hippotragus]]'' {{small|Sundevall, 1845}} |
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** '''Genus ''[[Oryx]]''''' |
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* [[Roan antelope]], ''Hippotragus equinus'' |
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* [[Sable antelope]], ''Hippotragus niger'' |
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** [[Giant sable antelope]] ''Hippotragus niger varani'' |
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* [[Bluebuck]], ''Hippotragus leucophaeus'' (extinct) |
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** '''Genus ''[[Addax]]''''' |
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|''[[Oryx]]'' {{small|de Blainville, 1816}} |
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** [[Common beisa oryx]], ''Oryx beisa beisa'' |
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** [[Fringe-eared oryx]], ''Oryx beisa callotis'' |
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* [[Scimitar oryx]], ''Oryx dammah'' |
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* [[Gemsbok]], ''Oryx gazella'' |
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|''[[Addax]]'' {{small|Laurillard, 1841}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Bovidae]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Victor Brooke]] |
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Latest revision as of 06:47, 4 September 2024
| Grazing antelopes Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippotraginae Sundevall, 1845 |
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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
[edit]- Subfamily Hippotraginae
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Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 |
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Oryx de Blainville, 1816 |
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Addax Laurillard, 1841 |
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References
[edit]- ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2022-01-30