Antilopinae
McGraw-Hill Science & Technology Dictionary:
Top
Antilopinae
(′an·tə′lōp·ə′nē)
(vertebrate zoology) The antelopes, a subfamily of artiodactyl mammals in the family Bovidae.
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Antilopinae
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) |
| Antilopinae | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Antilope cervicapra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae Gray, 1821 |
| Genera | |
|
See text. |
|
Antilopinae is a subfamily of Bovidae. The gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags and Central Asian gazelles are often referred to as "true antelopes" and are usually classified as the only representatives of the Antilopinae. "True antelopes" occur in much of Africa and Asia with the highest concentration of species occurring in East Africa in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. The saigas and Tibetan antelopes are related to "True Antelopes" (Antilopinae) and goats (Caprinae), but often placed in their own subfamily, Saiginae. These animals inhabit much of Central and Western Asia. The dwarf antelopes are sometimes placed in a separate subfamily, Neotraginae, and live entirely in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Classification
FAMILY BOVIDAE
- Subfamily Antilopinae
- Tribe Antilopini
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
- Genus Ammodorcas
- Dibatag Ammodorcas clarkei
- Genus Antidorcas
- Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis
- Genus Antilope
- Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
- Genus Eudorcas
Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsoni)- Mongalla Gazelle Eudorcas albonotata
- Red Gazelle Eudorcas rufina †
- Red-fronted Gazelle Eudorcas rufrifrons
- Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsoni
- Heuglin's Gazelle Eudorcas tilonura
- Genus Gazella
- Subgenus Deprezia
- Subgenus Gazella
Mountain Gazelle (Gazella gazella)- Arabian Gazelle Gazella arabica †
- Chinkara or Indian Gazelle Gazella benettii
- Queen of Sheba's Gazelle Gazella bilkis †
- Dorcas Gazelle Gazella dorcas
- Mountain Gazelle Gazella gazella
- Saudi Gazelle Gazella saudiya †
- Speke's Gazelle Gazella spekei
- Subgenus Trachelocele
- Cuvier's Gazelle Gazella cuvieri
- Rhim Gazelle or Slender-horned Gazelle Gazella leptoceros
- Goitered Gazelle Gazella subgutturosa
- Genus Litocranius
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)- Gerenuk Litocranius walleri
- Genus Nanger
- Dama Gazelle Nanger dama
- Grant's Gazelle Nanger granti
- Soemmerring's Gazelle Nanger soemmerringii
- Procapra
- Zeren Procapra gutturosa
- Goa Procapra picticaudata
- Przewalski's Gazelle Procapra przewalskii
- Genus Ammodorcas
- Tribe Saigini
Saiga (Saiga tatarica)- Genus Pantholops (Sometimes classified in Caprinae)
- Tibetan Antelope Pantholops hodgsonii
- Genus Saiga
- Saiga Saiga tatarica
- Genus Pantholops (Sometimes classified in Caprinae)
- Tribe Neotragini
- Genus Dorcatragus
Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii)- Beira Dorcatragus megalotis
- Genus Madoqua
- Günther's Dik-dik Madoqua guntheri
- Kirk's Dik-dik Madoqua kirkii
- Silver Dik-dik Madoqua piacentinii
- Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana
- Genus Neotragus
Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)- Bates's Pygmy Antelope Neotragus batesi
- Suni Neotragus moschatus
- Royal Antelope Neotragus pygmaeus
- Genus Oreotragus
- Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus
- Genus Ourebia
- Oribi Ourebia ourebi
- Genus Raphicerus
- Steenbok Raphicerus campestris
- Cape Grysbok Raphicerus melanotis
- Sharpe's Grysbok Raphicerus sharpei
- Genus Dorcatragus
- Tribe Antilopini
See also
.png){kind=small} |
This article about an even-toed ungulate is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
McGraw-Hill Science & Technology Dictionary
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Copyright © 2003, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1978, 1976, 1974 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Read more
