Hippotragus
Hippotragus /hɪˈpɒtrəɡəs/ is a genus of antelopes which includes two living and one recently extinct species,[3] as well as some fossil relatives. The name comes from Greek ἵππος (híppos), "horse", and τράγος (trágos), "he-goat".
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_male.jpg.webp) | 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 |
| Hippotragus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippotraginae |
| Genus: | Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Antilope equina[1][2] É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 | |
| Species | |
| |
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.
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 718. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- "Hippotragus gigas". Fossilworks.
- Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 773-774. ISBN 9780520257214.
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