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{{short description|Subfamily of antelopes}} <noinclude>{{Requested move notice|1=Hippotragini|2=Talk:Grazing antelope#Requested move 25 May 2025}} </noinclude>{{Automatic taxobox | name = Grazing antelopes | fossil_range = [[Late Miocene]] to [[Holocene|present]] | image = Hippotraginae-001.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Hippotraginae | authority = [[Carl Jakob Sundevall|Sundevall]], 1845 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *''[[Addax]]'' *''[[Hippotragus]]'' *''[[Oryx]]'' *†''[[Palaeoryx]]'' }} A '''grazing antelope''' is any of the [[species]] of [[antelope]] that make up the [[subfamily]] '''Hippotraginae''' or [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] '''Hippotragini'''<ref>{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-11-06|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5651212 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5651212|access-date=2022-01-30}}</ref> of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bovidae]]. They are grazers, rather than browsers. Their name comes from Greek ἵππος (híppos), "horse", and τράγος (trágos), "he-goat". They have slightly horse-like characteristics of body size and proportions: long legs and a solid body with a relatively thick muscular neck. ==Genera== * '''Subfamily Hippotraginae''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Genus !! Living Species |- |[[File:Sable bull.jpg|175px]] |''[[Hippotragus]]'' {{small|Sundevall, 1845}} | * [[Roan antelope]], ''Hippotragus equinus'' * [[Sable antelope]], ''Hippotragus niger'' ** [[Giant sable antelope]] ''Hippotragus niger varani'' * [[Bluebuck]], ''Hippotragus leucophaeus'' (extinct) |- |[[File:Etosha National Park, Namibia (2826106980).jpg|175px]] |''[[Oryx]]'' {{small|de Blainville, 1816}} | * [[East African oryx]], ''Oryx beisa'' ** [[Common beisa oryx]], ''Oryx beisa beisa'' ** [[Fringe-eared oryx]], ''Oryx beisa callotis'' * [[Scimitar oryx]], ''Oryx dammah'' * [[Gemsbok]], ''Oryx gazella'' * [[Arabian oryx]], ''Oryx leucoryx'' |- |[[File:Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) adult male and juvenile.jpg|175px]] |''[[Addax]]'' {{small|Laurillard, 1841}} | * [[Addax]], ''Addax nasomaculatus'' |- |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Artiodactyla|R.2}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q725271}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grazing Antelope}} [[Category:Grazing antelopes|*]] [[Category:Taxa named by Victor Brooke]]
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