Hippotraginae - Definition and Overview

Grazing antelopes
Scimitar Oryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Hippotraginae
Genera
Hippotragus Oryx Addax

A grazing antelope is any of the 6 species of antelope that make up the subfamily Hippotraginae in the family Bovidae, which also includes sheep, goats, and cattle.

• FAMILY BOVIDAE
  • Subfamily Bovinae: wild cattle and spiral-horned antelopes, 24 species in 9 genera
  • Subfamily Cephalophinae: duikers, 19 species in 2 genera
  • Subfamily Hippotraginae
    • Genus Hippotragus
      • Roan Antelope, Hippotragus equinus
      • Sable Antelope, Hippotragus niger
    • Genus Oryx
      • East African Oryx, Oryx beisa
      • Scimitar Oryx, Oryx dammah
      • Gemsbok, Oryx gazella
      • Arabian Oryx, Oryx leucoryx
    • Genus Addax
      • Addax, Addax nasomaculatus
  • Subfamily Antilopinae: gazelles, dwarf antelopes and the Saiga, 38 species in 14 genera
  • Subfamily Caprinae: sheep, goats, cattle and allies
  • Subfamily Reduncinae: waterbucks, reedbucks, 8 species in 2 genera
  • Subfamily Aepycerotinae: impala, 1 species in 1 genus
  • Subfamily Paleinae: rhebok, 1 species in 1 genus
  • Subfamily Alcelaphinae: wildebeest, haartbeast, 7 species in 5 genera