Grazing antelope

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Grazing antelopes
Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 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
Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845
Oryx de Blainville, 1816
Addax Laurillard, 1841
  • Addax, Addax nasomaculatus


References

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