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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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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyBovidae
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- Hippotraginae
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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