antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle cattle, name for the ruminant mammals of the genus Bos, and particularly those of the domesticated species, Bos taurus and B. indica. The term oxen, broadly used, refers also to closely related animals, such as the buffalo and the bison .
..... Click the link for more information. family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn pronghorn or prongbuck, hoofed herbivorous mammal, Antilocapra americana, of the W United States and N Mexico. Although it is often called the American, or prong-horned, antelope, it does not belong to the true antelope family of Africa
..... Click the link for more information. is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). True antelopes are found only in Africa and Asia. They range in size from pygmy antelopes, 12 in. (30 cm) high at the shoulder, to the giant eland eland (ē`lənd), large, spiral-horned African antelope , genus Taurotragus,
..... Click the link for more information. , with a shoulder height of over 6 ft (180 cm). Most types stand 3 to 4 ft (90–120 cm) high. The horns of antelopes, unlike the antlers of deer, are unbranched, consist of a chitinous shell with a bony core, and are not shed. Africa is the home of most antelopes. The spiral-horned antelopes are the bushbucks bushbuck, small, delicate, spiral-horned antelope , Tragelaphus scriptus, of tropical Africa. Bushbucks live in pairs in thick forest, browsing on leaves and shrubs by night and resting during the day. Their chief predator is the leopard.
..... Click the link for more information. (including the nyala and the sitatunga), kudu kudu (k
`d
..... Click the link for more information. , eland, and bongo bongo (bŏng`gō), spiral-horned antelope , Boocercus eurycerus, found in jungles and thick bamboo forests of equatorial Africa.
..... Click the link for more information. . These oxlike animals have patterns of light and dark stripes on the body, and most have them on the face as well. The duikers duiker (dī`kər, dā`–)
..... Click the link for more information. are a group of small, straight-horned antelopes of forest and thick brush country. Marsh antelopes marsh antelope, name for members of a group of deerlike African antelopes , usually found in reeds or tall grasses near water. The males of this group have horns that curve back, up, and forward; females are hornless. Most marsh antelopes travel in small herds.
..... Click the link for more information. are deerlike animals of marshes and reedbeds; they include the waterbuck, kob, puka, lechwe, reedbuck, and rhebok. The gnu gnu (n
..... Click the link for more information. (or wildebeest) and the closely related hartebeest hartebeest (här`tĭbēst'), large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus. The hartebeest resembles a horse with horns.
..... Click the link for more information. and damalisk damalisk (dăm`əlĭsk'), name for African antelopes of the genus Damaliscus, closely related to the hartebeest.
..... Click the link for more information. are horselike antelopes of the grasslands. The name oryx oryx (ôr`ĭks), name for several small, horselike antelopes , genus Oryx,
..... Click the link for more information. is applied to smaller horselike animals of the desert and scrublands, including the gemsbok and the beisa; the addax addax (ăd`ăks), large, desert-dwelling antelope . It is a single species, Addax nasomaculatus.
..... Click the link for more information. is a related desert antelope. The sable antelope and the closely related roan antelope have enormous, backward-curved, scimitar-shaped horns. Gazelle gazelle, name for the many species of delicate, graceful antelopes of the genus Gazella, inhabiting arid, open country. Most gazelles are found only in Africa, but several species range over N Africa and SW Asia; the Persian, or goitered, gazelle (
..... Click the link for more information. is the name for a number of small, delicate antelopes with spreading horns, inhabiting deserts and grassy plains. The largest of these is the pale brown impala impala, species of antelope , Aepyceros melampus, closely related to the gazelle and found in the savannah and bush country of E and S Africa. It is the antelope most commonly depicted in illustrations and in motion pictures.
..... Click the link for more information. , the kind of antelope best known from motion pictures. The gazelle tribe also includes the gerenuk, dibatag, springbok, and blackbuck blackbuck, small antelope, Antilope cervicapra, found in semidesert plains and open forest throughout India. Males are dark brown above and white below, with white rings around the eyes; they stand about 32 in.
..... Click the link for more information. , as well as the so-called true gazelles (genus Gazella). The blackbuck, found in India, was the first antelope to be described by zoologists, and has the generic name Antilope. The delicate pygmy antelopes include the royal antelope, beira, klipspringer, oribi, grysbok, steinbok, dik-dik, and suni. Males have tiny, straight horns. The nilgai and the four-horned antelope are found in SE Asia. More closely related to the goats than to any of the above-named animals, but often called antelopes, are the saiga of central Asia and the chiru of Tibet. Antelopes are classified in the phylum Chordata Chordata (kôrdā`tə,–dä`–)
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae.
antelope
antelope [′an·təl‚ōp]
..... Click the link for more information. family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn pronghorn or prongbuck, hoofed herbivorous mammal, Antilocapra americana, of the W United States and N Mexico. Although it is often called the American, or prong-horned, antelope, it does not belong to the true antelope family of Africa
..... Click the link for more information. is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). True antelopes are found only in Africa and Asia. They range in size from pygmy antelopes, 12 in. (30 cm) high at the shoulder, to the giant eland eland (ē`lənd), large, spiral-horned African antelope , genus Taurotragus,
..... Click the link for more information. , with a shoulder height of over 6 ft (180 cm). Most types stand 3 to 4 ft (90–120 cm) high. The horns of antelopes, unlike the antlers of deer, are unbranched, consist of a chitinous shell with a bony core, and are not shed. Africa is the home of most antelopes. The spiral-horned antelopes are the bushbucks bushbuck, small, delicate, spiral-horned antelope , Tragelaphus scriptus, of tropical Africa. Bushbucks live in pairs in thick forest, browsing on leaves and shrubs by night and resting during the day. Their chief predator is the leopard.
..... Click the link for more information. (including the nyala and the sitatunga), kudu kudu (k
`d..... Click the link for more information. , eland, and bongo bongo (bŏng`gō), spiral-horned antelope , Boocercus eurycerus, found in jungles and thick bamboo forests of equatorial Africa.
..... Click the link for more information. . These oxlike animals have patterns of light and dark stripes on the body, and most have them on the face as well. The duikers duiker (dī`kər, dā`–)
..... Click the link for more information. are a group of small, straight-horned antelopes of forest and thick brush country. Marsh antelopes marsh antelope, name for members of a group of deerlike African antelopes , usually found in reeds or tall grasses near water. The males of this group have horns that curve back, up, and forward; females are hornless. Most marsh antelopes travel in small herds.
..... Click the link for more information. are deerlike animals of marshes and reedbeds; they include the waterbuck, kob, puka, lechwe, reedbuck, and rhebok. The gnu gnu (n
..... Click the link for more information. (or wildebeest) and the closely related hartebeest hartebeest (här`tĭbēst'), large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus. The hartebeest resembles a horse with horns.
..... Click the link for more information. and damalisk damalisk (dăm`əlĭsk'), name for African antelopes of the genus Damaliscus, closely related to the hartebeest.
..... Click the link for more information. are horselike antelopes of the grasslands. The name oryx oryx (ôr`ĭks), name for several small, horselike antelopes , genus Oryx,
..... Click the link for more information. is applied to smaller horselike animals of the desert and scrublands, including the gemsbok and the beisa; the addax addax (ăd`ăks), large, desert-dwelling antelope . It is a single species, Addax nasomaculatus.
..... Click the link for more information. is a related desert antelope. The sable antelope and the closely related roan antelope have enormous, backward-curved, scimitar-shaped horns. Gazelle gazelle, name for the many species of delicate, graceful antelopes of the genus Gazella, inhabiting arid, open country. Most gazelles are found only in Africa, but several species range over N Africa and SW Asia; the Persian, or goitered, gazelle (
..... Click the link for more information. is the name for a number of small, delicate antelopes with spreading horns, inhabiting deserts and grassy plains. The largest of these is the pale brown impala impala, species of antelope , Aepyceros melampus, closely related to the gazelle and found in the savannah and bush country of E and S Africa. It is the antelope most commonly depicted in illustrations and in motion pictures.
..... Click the link for more information. , the kind of antelope best known from motion pictures. The gazelle tribe also includes the gerenuk, dibatag, springbok, and blackbuck blackbuck, small antelope, Antilope cervicapra, found in semidesert plains and open forest throughout India. Males are dark brown above and white below, with white rings around the eyes; they stand about 32 in.
..... Click the link for more information. , as well as the so-called true gazelles (genus Gazella). The blackbuck, found in India, was the first antelope to be described by zoologists, and has the generic name Antilope. The delicate pygmy antelopes include the royal antelope, beira, klipspringer, oribi, grysbok, steinbok, dik-dik, and suni. Males have tiny, straight horns. The nilgai and the four-horned antelope are found in SE Asia. More closely related to the goats than to any of the above-named animals, but often called antelopes, are the saiga of central Asia and the chiru of Tibet. Antelopes are classified in the phylum Chordata Chordata (kôrdā`tə,–dä`–)
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae.
antelope
Any of numerous species of Old World grazing or browsing bovids that typically are swift, slender, and graceful plains dwellers. The North American pronghorn is also sometimes referred to as an antelope. Most antelope are African; the others, except for the pronghorn, are Eurasian. They range in shoulder height from 10 to 70 in. (25–175 cm). The male, and sometimes the female, bears distinctive, backwardly curved horns. See also bongo, dik-dik, duiker, eland, gazelle, gnu, hartebeest, impala, kudu, nyala, oryx, springbok, waterbuck.
antelope
1. any bovid mammal of the subfamily Antilopinae, of Africa and Asia. They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the gazelles, springbok, impala, gerenuk, blackbuck, and dik-diks
2. any of various similar bovids of Africa and Asia
3. American antelope another name for pronghorn
antelope [′an·təl‚ōp]
(vertebrate zoology)
Any of the hollow-horned, hoofed ruminants assigned to the artiodactyl subfamily Antilopinae; confined to Africa and Asia.
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