| Fossil range | Late Pliocene - Present |
|---|---|
| Taxon | Hippotragus |
| Authority | Sundevall, 1845[1][2] |
| Subdivision | |
| Type species | Antilope equina[1][2] |
| Type species authority | É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
Hippotragus /hɪˈpɒtrəɡəs/ is a genus of antelopes which includes two living and one recently extinct species,[3] as well as some fossil relatives. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), meaning "horse", and τράγος (trágos), meaning "he-goat", and thus, "horse 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 |
Fossil species
- †Hippotragus gigas[4]
- †Hippotragus cookei? - may be a nomen dubium[5]
References
- ^ Grubb, Peter (2001). "Case 3178. Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): proposed conservation". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 52 (2): 126–132.
- ^ ICZN (2003). "Opinion 2030 (Case 3178). Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): conserved". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 60 (1): 90–91.
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- ^ "Hippotragus gigas". Fossilworks. Archived 2023-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars & Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 773-774. ISBN 9780520257214.