Hippotragus is a genus of antelopes 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".
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | |
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H. equinus | West, Central, East and Southern Africa | |||
H. niger | East Africa, south of Kenya, and Southern Africa | |||
H. leucophaeus | †Bluebuck or blue antelope | the southwestern Cape of South Africa |
Fossil species