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{{Short description|Subfamily of mammals}}
{{Short description|Subfamily of mammals}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = Antilopinae
| name = Antilopinae
| image = Hirschziegenantilope2.JPG
| image = Hirschziegenantilope2.JPG
| image_caption = [[Blackbuck]] (''Antilope cervicapra'')
| image_caption = Mature male Indian [[blackbuck]] (''Antilope cervicapra'')
| taxon = Antilopinae
| taxon = Antilopinae
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1821
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1821
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}}


The '''Antilopinae''' are a [[subfamily]] of [[Bovidae]]. The [[Gazelle|gazelles]], [[Blackbuck|blackbucks]], [[Springbok|springboks]], [[Gerenuk|gerenuks]], [[Dibatag|dibatags]], and Central Asian gazelles are often referred to as "true [[antelope]]s", and are usually classified as the only representatives of the Antilopinae. True antelopes occur in much of Africa and Asia, with the highest concentration of species occurring in [[East Africa]] in [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], and [[Tanzania]]. The saigas and Tibetan antelopes are related to true antelopes (Antilopinae) and goats (Caprinae), but often placed in their own subfamily, Saiginae. These animals inhabit much of central and western Asia. The dwarf antelopes are sometimes placed in a separate [[subfamily]], Neotraginae, and live entirely in sub-Saharan Africa. The antilopinae are a subfamily of bovidaes that roam the East African savannas, they have acclimated to possess wider insertion muscles to enable them to avoid predators in the open savanna.
The '''antilopines''' are [[even-toed ungulate]]s belonging to the [[subfamily]] '''Antilopinae''' of the family [[Bovidae]]. The members of tribe [[Antilopini]] are often referred to as true [[antelope]]s, and include the [[gazelle]]s, [[blackbuck]]s, [[springbok]]s, [[gerenuk]]s, [[dibatag]]s, and Central Asian gazelles. True antelopes occur in much of Africa and Asia, with the highest concentration of species occurring in [[East Africa]] in [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], and [[Tanzania]]. The [[saiga]] (tribe [[Saigini]]) inhabits Central and Western Asia, mostly in regions from the [[Tibetan Plateau]] and north of the [[Indian Subcontinent]]. The dwarf antelope species of tribe [[Neotragini]] live entirely in sub-Saharan Africa.


==Classification==
==Classification==
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*** Genus'' [[Antidorcas]]''
*** Genus'' [[Antidorcas]]''
**** [[Springbok Antelope|Springbok]] ''Antidorcas marsupialis''
**** [[Springbok Antelope|Springbok]] ''Antidorcas marsupialis''
*** Genus ''[[Blackbuck|Antilope]]''
*** Genus ''[[Antilope]]''
**** [[Blackbuck]] ''Antilope cervicapra''
**** [[Blackbuck]] ''Antilope cervicapra''
*** Genus ''[[Eudorcas]]'' [[Image:Thomsons-gazelle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Thomson's gazelle]] (''Eudorcas thomsoni'')]]
*** Genus ''[[Eudorcas]]'' [[Image:Thomsons-gazelle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Thomson's gazelle]] (''Eudorcas thomsoni'')]]
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*** Genus ''[[Neotragus]]''
*** Genus ''[[Neotragus]]''
**** [[Royal antelope]] ''Neotragus pygmaeus''
**** [[Royal antelope]] ''Neotragus pygmaeus''
*** Genus ''[[Oreotragus]]''
**** [[Klipspringer]] ''Oreotragus oreotragus''
*** Genus ''[[Ourebia]]''
*** Genus ''[[Ourebia]]''
**** [[Oribi]] ''Ourebia ourebi''
**** [[Oribi]] ''Ourebia ourebi''
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*†''[[Parantidorcas]]''
*†''[[Parantidorcas]]''
*†''[[Parastrepsiceros]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kostopoulos |first1=D. |title=Parastrepsiceros koufosi n. sp. (Mammalia: Bovidae); note on the possible presence of a Prostrepsiceros descendant in the latest Pliocene of northern Greece |journal=Biology Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia |date=1998}}</ref>
*†''[[Parastrepsiceros]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kostopoulos |first1=D. |title=Parastrepsiceros koufosi n. sp. (Mammalia: Bovidae); note on the possible presence of a Prostrepsiceros descendant in the latest Pliocene of northern Greece |journal=Biology Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia |date=1998}}</ref>
*†''[[Praemadoqua]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Praemadoqua |url=http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=374474 |website=Fossilworks}}</ref>
*†''[[Praemadoqua]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Praemadoqua |url=http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=374474 |website=Fossilworks}}</ref>
*†''[[Prostrepsiceros]]''
*†''[[Prostrepsiceros]]''
*†''[[Sinapodorcas]]''
*†''[[Sinapodorcas]]''

Revision as of 15:33, 21 December 2023

Antilopinae
Mature male Indian blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Gray, 1821
Genera

See text.

The antilopines are even-toed ungulates belonging to the subfamily Antilopinae of the family Bovidae. The members of tribe Antilopini are often referred to as true antelopes, and include the gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags, and Central Asian gazelles. True antelopes occur in much of Africa and Asia, with the highest concentration of species occurring in East Africa in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania. The saiga (tribe Saigini) inhabits Central and Western Asia, mostly in regions from the Tibetan Plateau and north of the Indian Subcontinent. The dwarf antelope species of tribe Neotragini live entirely in sub-Saharan Africa.

Classification

Family Bovidae

Fossil genera[1]

References

  1. ^ "Antilopini". Biolib.
  2. ^ Kostopoulos, D. (1998). "Parastrepsiceros koufosi n. sp. (Mammalia: Bovidae); note on the possible presence of a Prostrepsiceros descendant in the latest Pliocene of northern Greece". Biology Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia.
  3. ^ "Praemadoqua". Fossilworks.


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