Antilope
Genus of mammals
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Antilope is a genus of twisted-horn bovid that contains a single living species, the blackbuck of South Asia. Two extinct species are also known.[2]
| Antilope | |
|---|---|
| |
| Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Antilopini |
| Genus: | Antilope Pallas, 1766 |
| Type species | |
| Capra cervicapra[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
Many fossil antelopes were included in this genus, but have since been placed in new genera; for example the species formerly known as Antilope planicornis is now placed in its own genus, Nisidorcas.[3]