Types of Antelopes: Pictures and Animals
There are about 100 types of antelopes (probably more). Most of these species are found in the African Savvanah. Antelopes are herbivores and are almost always being hunted by carnivores (lions, cheetahs, leopards, etc.) Fortunately, they are equally as fast as the predators.
In this video, I have outlined 61 of the most popular types of antelopes. Some of them are:
Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
Gazelles (Several species, including Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, and Dorcas gazelle)
Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)
Wildebeest (Connochaetes spp., including the blue wildebeest and black wildebeest)
Gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)
Oribi (Ourebia ourebi)
Dik-dik (Madoqua spp., including the Kirk's dik-dik and Guenther's dik-dik)
Eland (Taurotragus spp., including the common eland and giant eland)
Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)
Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger)
Kudu (Tragelaphus spp., including the greater kudu and lesser kudu)
Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)
Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii)
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)
Hartebeest (Alcelaphus spp., including the red hartebeest and Lichtenstein's hartebeest)
Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
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Very amazing ❤🎉😊
Recent analysis now shows there are officially 164 extant bovid species within 72 genera, 10 subfamilies, and three major clades, so this is the bovid taxonomy as officially recognized:
The last one is a goat not a four horned antelope and the puku was an impala
@animalkidsken
5 ай бұрын
Mistakes 1. Its a springbok not impala 2:36 2. Its a domestic goat not Four horned Antelope 5:07 3. Wrong spelling is a Thomson Gazelle 0:10 4.Wrong spelling is a Springbok 2:55 5. Pronghorn are not antelopes 3:56
You got the scientific names of the sitatunga, bongo, and lowland nyala completely wrong, their correct scientific names are Bongo spekii, Bongo eurycerus, and Nyala angasii respectively.
Your video is inaccurate, pronghorns, hartebeests, wildebeests, damalisks, hirolas, and nilgai are not antelope.
@slidestv
11 ай бұрын
Really? Check out this excerpt from wikipedia: "Antelope are not a cladistic or taxonomically defined group.[1] The term is used to describe all members of the family Bovidae that do not fall under the category of sheep, cattle, or goats. Usually, all species of the Antilopinae, Hippotraginae, Reduncinae, Cephalophinae, many Bovinae, the grey rhebok, and the impala are called antelope."
@indyreno2933
11 ай бұрын
@slidestv, the word "antelope" applies only to the bovid taxa Tetracerus, Tragelaphini, Hippotraginae, Peleinae, Reduncinae, Antilopinae, Cephalophinae, and Neotraginae, whereas the bovid taxa Boselaphus, Bovini, Ovibovinae, Alcelaphinae, and Caprinae are not considered antelope, the pronghorn is not considered an antelope as antelope are bovids, whereas the pronghorn is in its own family being Antilocapridae, in fact, the impala is nestled very deeply within Antilopinae, whereas the fifteen extant dwarf antelope species now constitute a distinct subfamily (Neotraginae) closer to the duikers, in fact, there are now officially 10 bovid subfamilies: Ovibovinae (Muskox, Takin, Gorals, Mountain Goat, Serows, Chamoises, and Tahrs), Hippotraginae (Grazing Antelope), Alcelaphinae (Hartebeests, Wildebeests, Damalisks, and Hirola), Peleinae (Rhebok), Reduncinae (Reedbucks, Lechwes, Kob, Puku, and Waterbuck), Bovinae (Cattle, Spiral-Horned Antelope, Nilgai, and Chousingha), Caprinae (Goats and Sheep), Antilopinae (True Antelope and Gazelles), Cephalophinae (Duikers), and Neotraginae (Dwarf Antelope).
Kudus do not belong to the Tragelaphus genus anymore, they now constitute the genus Strepsiceros, where the scientific names of the lesser kudu and greater kudu are Strepsiceros imberbis and Strepsiceros strepsiceros respectively.