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Hippotragus
Sign in to saveHippotragus is a genus of antelopes which includes two living and one recently extinct species, as well as some fossil relatives. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), meaning "horse", and τράγος (trágos), meaning "he-goat", and thus, "horse goat". {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || H. equinus || Roan antelope || West, Central, East and Southern Africa |- |120px || H. niger || Sable antelope || East Africa, south of Kenya, and Southern Africa |- |120px || H. leucophaeus || †Bluebuck or blue antelope || the southweste
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Hippotragus is a genus within the family Bovidae, classified under the order Artiodactyla and the class Mammalia. It belongs to the subfamily Hippotraginae and is part of the phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Records for this group are held by several institutions, including UCMP, MSB, LACM, AMNH, and MNHN. Specimens have been documented in South Africa, the United States, and SéNéGal, as well as in locations identified as Pays Non Identifié. The genus is associated with the common name Roan Antelope.
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Species
Roan Antelope
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyBovidae
Le genre Hippotragus regroupe des mammifères appartenant à la famille des Bovidae. Espèces On distingue trois espèces : Hippotragus niger (Harris, 1838) — hippotrague noir Hippotragus equinus (Desmarest, 1804) — chevalin ou antilope de rouanne † Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) — hippotrague bleu Hippotragus niger (Hippotrague noir)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 56
- Family
- Bovidae
- Collections
- UCMP, MSB, LACM, AMNH, MNHN, CAS
- Recorded in
- South Africa, United States, SéNéGal, Pays Non Identifié
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hippotraginae
- Image
- Hippotragus equinus.jpg
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- Hippotragus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hippotragus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Hippotragus is a genus of antelopes which includes two living and one recently extinct species, as well as some fossil relatives. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), meaning "horse", and τράγος (trágos), meaning "he-goat", and thus, "horse goat". {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || H. equinus || Roan antelope || West, Central, East and Southern Africa |- |120px || H. niger || Sable antelope || East Africa, south of Kenya, and Southern Africa |- |120px || H. leucophaeus || †Bluebuck or blue antelope || the southwestern Cape of South Africa |}
Fossil species †Hippotragus gigas †Hippotragus cookei? - may be a nomen dubium
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