Hippotragus | |
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Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Hippotraginae |
Genus: |
Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 [1] [2] |
Type species | |
Antilope equina
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[2] É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
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Species | |
Hippotragus /hɪˈpɒtrəɡəs/ is a genus of antelopes which includes two living and one recently extinct species, [3] 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 | |
H. niger | Sable antelope | East Africa, south of Kenya, and Southern Africa | |
H. leucophaeus | † Bluebuck or blue antelope | the southwestern Cape of South Africa |
Fossil species