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Wikipedia / Hippotragus

Hippotragus is a genus of antelopes which includes two living and one recently extinct species, as well as some fossil relatives. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), meaning "horse", and τράγος (trágos), meaning "he-goat", and thus, "horse goat".

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Scientific name

Common name

Distribution

H. equinus

Roan antelope

West, Central, East and Southern Africa

H. niger

Sable antelope

East Africa, south of Kenya, and Southern Africa

H. leucophaeus

†Bluebuck or blue antelope

the southwestern Cape of South Africa

Fossil species

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