Antilopinae

Antilopinae
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Antilopinae Gray, 1821
Genera
See text.

The Antilopinae are a subfamily of Bovidae. The gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags, and Central Asian gazelles are often referred to as "true antelopes", 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.

Classification

Family Bovidae

• Subfamily Antilopinae
  • Tribe Antilopini
    • Genus Ammodorcas
      • Dibatag Ammodorcas clarkei
    • Genus Antidorcas
      • Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis
    • Genus Antilope
      • Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
    • Genus Eudorcas

      

      Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsoni)

      • Mongalla gazelle Eudorcas albonotata
      • Red gazelle Eudorcas rufina †
      • Red-fronted gazelle Eudorcas rufrifrons
      • Thomson's gazelle Eudorcas thomsoni
      • Heuglin's gazelle Eudorcas tilonura
    • Genus Gazella
      • Subgenus Deprezia
        • Gazella psolea †
      • Subgenus Gazella

        

        Mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella)

        • Arabian gazelle Gazella arabica
        • European gazelle Gazella borbonica †
        • Chinkara or Indian gazelle Gazella benettii
        • Queen of Sheba's gazelle Gazella bilkis †
        • Dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas
        • Mountain gazelle Gazella gazella
        • Saudi gazelle Gazella saudiya †
        • Speke's gazelle Gazella spekei
      • Subgenus Trachelocele
        • Cuvier's gazelle Gazella cuvieri
        • Rhim gazelle or slender-horned gazelle Gazella leptoceros
        • Goitered gazelle Gazella subgutturosa
    • Genus Litocranius

      

      Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)

      • Gerenuk Litocranius walleri
    • Genus Nanger
      • Dama gazelle Nanger dama
      • Grant's gazelle Nanger granti
      • Soemmerring's gazelle Nanger soemmerringii
    • Genus Procapra
      • Zeren Procapra gutturosa
      • Goa Procapra picticaudata
      • Przewalski's gazelle Procapra przewalskii
  • Tribe Saigini

    

    Saiga (Saiga tatarica)

    • Genus Saiga
      • Saiga Saiga tatarica
  • Tribe Neotragini
    • Genus Dorcatragus

      

      Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii)

      • Beira Dorcatragus megalotis
    • Genus Madoqua
      • Günther's dik-dik Madoqua guntheri
      • Kirk's dik-dik Madoqua kirkii
      • Silver dik-dik Madoqua piacentinii
      • Salt's dik-dik Madoqua saltiana
    • Genus Neotragus
      • Royal antelope Neotragus pygmaeus
    • Genus Oreotragus
      • Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus
    • Genus Ourebia
      • Oribi Ourebia ourebi
    • Genus Raphicerus
      • Steenbok Raphicerus campestris
      • Cape grysbok Raphicerus melanotis
      • Sharpe's grysbok Raphicerus sharpei

See also

• Antelope