Antilopinae is a subfamily of

even-toed ungulate Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla ( , ). Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof). The other t ...

s in the family

Bovidae The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ...

. The members of tribe

Antilopini Antilopini is a tribe (taxonomy), tribe of bovids often referred as true Antelope, antelopes like gazelles. They live in and around the Saharan Desert, Sahara, Horn of Africa, throughout East Africa, eastern and southern Africa, and Eurasia , wit ...

are often referred to as true

antelope The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe. Antelopes do ...

s, and include the

gazelle A gazelle is one of many antelope species in the genus ''Gazella'' . There are also seven species included in two further genera; '' Eudorcas'' and '' Nanger'', which were formerly considered subgenera of ''Gazella''. A third former subgenus, ' ...

blackbuck The blackbuck (''Antilope cervicapra''), also known as the Indian antelope, is a medium-sized antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to high at the sh ...

springbok The springbok or springbuck (''Antidorcas marsupialis'') is an antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa. The sole member of the genus (biology), genus ''Antidorcas'', this bovid was first Species description, described by the Germa ...

s, gerenuks, dibatags, and Central Asian gazelles. True antelopes occur in much of Africa and Asia, with the highest concentration of species occurring in

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Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

, and

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

. The saiga (tribe Saigini) inhabits Central and Western Asia, mostly in regions from the

Tibetan Plateau The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or Qingzang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central Asia, Central, South Asia, South, and East Asia. Geographically, it is located to the north of H ...

and north of the

Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...

. The dwarf antelope species of tribe Neotragini live entirely in sub-Saharan Africa.

Classification

Family

* Subfamily Antilopinae **

Tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

*** Genus '' Ammodorcas'' **** Dibatag ''Ammodorcas clarkei'' *** Genus'' Antidorcas'' ****

Springbok The springbok or springbuck (''Antidorcas marsupialis'') is an antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa. The sole member of the genus (biology), genus ''Antidorcas'', this bovid was first Species description, described by the Germa ...

''Antidorcas marsupialis'' *** Genus '' Antilope'' ****

Blackbuck The blackbuck (''Antilope cervicapra''), also known as the Indian antelope, is a medium-sized antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to high at the sh ...

''Antilope cervicapra'' *** Genus '' Eudorcas'' **** Mongalla gazelle ''Eudorcas albonotata'' **** Red gazelle ''Eudorcas rufina'' † ****

Red-fronted gazelle The red-fronted gazelle (''Eudorcas rufifrons'') is widely but unevenly distributed gazelle across the middle of Africa from Senegal to northeastern Ethiopia. It is mainly resident in the Sahel zone, a narrow cross-Africa band south of the Sahar ...

''Eudorcas rufrifrons'' ****

Thomson's gazelle Thomson's gazelle (''Eudorcas thomsonii'') is one of the best known species of gazelles. It is named after explorer Joseph Thomson (explorer), Joseph Thomson and is sometimes referred to as a "tommie". It is considered by some to be a subspecies o ...

''Eudorcas thomsoni'' **** Heuglin's gazelle ''Eudorcas tilonura'' *** Genus'' Gazella'' **** Subgenus'' Deprezia'' ***** '' Gazella psolea'' † **** Subgenus ''Gazella'' ***** Arabian gazelle ''Gazella arabica'' ***** European gazelle ''Gazella borbonica'' † ***** Chinkara or Indian gazelle ''Gazella benettii'' ***** Queen of Sheba's gazelle ''Gazella bilkis'' † *****

Dorcas gazelle The dorcas gazelle (''Gazella dorcas''), also known as the ariel gazelle, is a small and common gazelle. The dorcas gazelle stands about at the shoulder, with a head and body length of and a weight of . The numerous subspecies survive on veget ...

''Gazella dorcas'' ***** Mountain gazelle ''Gazella gazella'' *****

Saudi gazelle The Saudi gazelle (''Gazella saudiya'') is a ''Gazella'' species that was once native to the Arabian Peninsula. It was declared extinct in the wild in 1996, as it was last observed in the wild in 1970. The Saudi gazelle was officially declared ex ...

''Gazella saudiya'' † ***** Speke's gazelle ''Gazella spekei'' **** Subgenus'' Trachelocele'' ***** Cuvier's gazelle ''Gazella cuvieri'' ***** Rhim gazelle or slender-horned gazelle ''Gazella leptoceros'' ***** Goitered gazelle ''Gazella subgutturosa'' *** Genus'' Litocranius'' **** Gerenuk ''Litocranius walleri'' *** Genus'' Nanger'' ****

Dama gazelle The dama gazelle (''Nanger dama''), also known as the addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle, is a species of gazelle. It lives in Africa, in the Sahara desert and the Sahel. A critically endangered species, it has disappeared from most of its former ra ...

''Nanger dama'' ****

Grant's gazelle Grant's gazelle (''Nanger granti'') is a relatively large species of gazelle antelope, distributed from northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria. Its Swahili name is ''swala granti''. It was named ...

''Nanger granti'' **** Soemmerring's gazelle ''Nanger soemmerringii'' *** Genus '' Procapra'' **** Zeren ''Procapra gutturosa'' **** Goa ''Procapra picticaudata'' **** Przewalski's gazelle ''Procapra przewalskii'' ** Tribe Saigini *** Genus '' Saiga'' **** Saiga ''Saiga tatarica'' ** Tribe Neotragini *** Genus '' Dorcatragus'' **** Beira ''Dorcatragus megalotis'' *** Genus '' Madoqua'' **** Günther's dik-dik ''Madoqua guntheri'' **** Kirk's dik-dik ''Madoqua kirkii'' **** Silver dik-dik ''Madoqua piacentinii'' **** Salt's dik-dik ''Madoqua saltiana'' *** Genus '' Neotragus'' **** Royal antelope ''Neotragus pygmaeus'' *** Genus '' Ourebia'' **** Oribi ''Ourebia ourebi'' *** Genus '' Raphicerus'' ****

Steenbok The steenbok (''Raphicerus campestris'') is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa. It is sometimes known as the steinbuck or steinbok. Description Steenbok resemble small oribi, standing 45–60 cm (16"–24") at the ...

''Raphicerus campestris'' **** Cape grysbok ''Raphicerus melanotis'' **** Sharpe's grysbok ''Raphicerus sharpei'' Fossil genera *†'' Demecquenemia'' *†'' Deprezia'' *†'' Dytikodorcas'' *†'' Hispanodorcas'' *†'' Homoiodorcas'' *†'' Majoreas'' *†'' Nisidorcas'' *†'' Ouzocerus'' *†'' Parantidorcas'' *†'' Parastrepsiceros'' *†'' Praemadoqua'' *†'' Prostrepsiceros'' *†'' Sinapodorcas'' *†'' Tyrrhenotragus''

References

Mammal subfamilies Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Eventoedungulate-stub