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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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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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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