Antilope is a genus of twisted-horn bovid that contains a single living species, the blackbuck of South Asia. Two extinct species are also known.[2]
| Antilope | |
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| Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Antilopini |
| Genus: | Antilope Pallas, 1766 |
| Type species | |
| Capra cervicapra[1] Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
Many fossil antelopes were included in this genus, but have since been placed in new genera; for example the species formerly known as Antilope planicornis is now placed in its own genus, Nisidorcas.[3]
References
edit- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Khan, M.A.; Akhtar, M. (2014). "Antelopes (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Bovidae) from the Upper Siwaliks of Tatrot, Pakistan, with description of a new species". Paleontological Journal. 48 (1): 79–89. doi:10.1134/S0031030114010055. S2CID 84227895.
- ^ Geraads, Denis; Güleç, Erksin (1999). "On some spiral-horned antelopes (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from the upper Miocene of Turkey, with remarks on their distribution" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 73 (3/4): 403–409. doi:10.1007/BF02988051. S2CID 59452032. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 7, 2023.