Grazing antelope

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Kingdom Animalia Order Artiodactyla Scientific name Hippotraginae Higher classification Bovidae		Phylum Chordata Family Bovidae Lifespan Scimitar oryx: 15 years

Subfamily HippotraginaeBrooke, 1876 Gestation period Scimitar oryx: 243 – 274 days Height Gemsbok: 1.2 m, Scimitar oryx: 1 m, Arabian oryx: 100 cm Mass Gemsbok: 220 – 300 kg, Scimitar oryx: 140 – 210 kg, Arabian oryx: 70 kg, East African oryx: 79 kg Lower classifications Oryx, Sable antelope, Roan antelope, Bluebuck, Addax

Grazing antelope

A grazing antelope is any of the species of antelope that make up the subfamily Hippotraginae of the family Bovidae. As grazers, rather than browsers, the "Hippo" in Hippotraginae refers to the slightly horse-like characteristics of body size and proportions: long legs and a solid body with a relatively thick muscular neck.

Subfamily Hippotraginae

Genus Hippotragus

Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus

Sable antelope, Hippotragus niger

Giant sable antelope Hippotragus niger varani

Bluebuck, Hippotragus leucophaeus (extinct)

Genus Oryx

East African oryx, Oryx beisa

Scimitar oryx, Oryx dammah

Gemsbok, Oryx gazella

Arabian oryx, Oryx leucoryx

Genus Addax

Addax, Addax nasomaculatus

References

Grazing antelope Wikipedia

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