| Antilopinae | |
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| Mature male Indianblackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae Gray, 1821 |
| Genera | |
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Antilopinae is a subfamily ofeven-toed ungulates in the familyBovidae. The members of tribeAntilopini are often referred to as trueantelopes, and include thegazelles,blackbucks,springboks,gerenuks,dibatags, and Central Asian gazelles. True antelopes occur in much of Africa and Asia, with the highest concentration of species occurring inEast Africa inSudan,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Somalia,Kenya, andTanzania. Thesaiga (tribeSaigini) inhabits Central and Western Asia, mostly in regions from theTibetan Plateau and north of theIndian subcontinent. The dwarf antelope species of tribeNeotragini live entirely in sub-Saharan Africa.
FamilyBovidae
Fossil genera[1]
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