''Hippotragus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
antelope
The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant that are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia.
Antelope comprise a wastebasket taxon defined as any of numerous Old World grazing and browsing hoofed mammals ...
s which includes two living and one recently extinct species,
as well as some fossil relatives. The name comes from Greek ἵππος (''híppos''), "horse", and τράγος (''trágos''), "he-goat".
Fossil species
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Hippotragus gigas''
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Hippotragus cookei''? - may be a ''
nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
''
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Grazing antelopes
Mammal genera
Taxa named by Thaddeus William Harris
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