Hippotragus
| Hippotragus | |
|---|---|
| Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippotraginae |
| Genus: | Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Antilope equina É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 | |
| Species | |
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Hippotragus /hɪˈpɒtrəɡəs/ is a genus of antelopes which includes two living and one recently extinct species, as well as some fossil relatives. The name comes from Greek ἵππος (híppos), "horse", and τράγος (trágos), "he-goat".
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| H. equinus | Roan antelope | West, Central, East and Southern Africa | |
| H. niger | Sable antelope | East Africa, south of Kenya, and Southern Africa | |
| H. leucophaeus | †Bluebuck or blue antelope | the southwestern Cape of South Africa |
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Fossil species
- †Hippotragus gigas
- †Hippotragus cookei? - may be a nomen dubium