Species group · Mammals

Antelopes

WAnimals has 9 species of antelope, all in the family Bovidae.

9 species

1 family

53 countries

87 parks

Weight: 1.5 kg – 320 kg
Length: 40 cm – 2.5 m
Lifespan: 6 – 24 years

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 9.

All 9 species of antelopes on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Sable Antelope

Hippotragus niger

11 countries13 parks

Bushbuck

Tragelaphus scriptus

43 countries23 parks

Hartebeest

Alcelaphus buselaphus

43 countries31 parks

Roan Antelope

Hippotragus equinus

32 countries17 parks

Near Threatened

Chiru

Pantholops hodgsonii

3 countries4 parks

Blackbuck

Antilope cervicapra

9 countries8 parks

Royal Antelope

Neotragus pygmaeus

6 countries5 parks

Four-horned Antelope

Tetracerus quadricornis

2 countries15 parks

Bohor Reedbuck

Redunca redunca

14 countries1 park

Conservation status

7 Least Concern1 Near Threatened1 Vulnerable

1 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.

See the global conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 53 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…

It is the national animal of Zimbabwe.
From Sable Antelope
It can kill even lions that attack it, using its long horns like sabres.
From Sable Antelope
The giant sable subspecies of Angola survived decades of civil war as a national symbol.
From Sable Antelope
It is the only truly solitary, non-territorial antelope in Africa.
From Bushbuck
It spends up to 80% of its life hidden beneath the forest canopy.
From Bushbuck
A wounded animal can charge with a ferocity worthy of a buffalo.
From Bushbuck
It feeds by grazing grasses.
From Hartebeest
Those adaptations give it extraordinary stamina over distance, its main way of escaping predators.
From Hartebeest

Ecosystems

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