Neotragini
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Tribe of mammals
| Neotragini | |
|---|---|
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| Royal antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Neotragini Sclater and Thomas, (1894) |
| Genera | |
The tribe Neotragini[1] comprises the dwarf antelopes of Africa:
- Dorcatragus
- Beira D. megalotis
- Madoqua
- Günther's dik-dik M. guentheri
- Kirk's dik-dik M. kirkii
- Silver dik-dik M. piacentinii
- Salt's dik-dik M. saltiana
- Neotragus
- Royal antelope N. pygmaeus
- Ourebia
- Oribi O. ourebi
- Raphicerus
- Steenbok R. campestris
- Cape grysbok R. melanotis
- Sharpe's grysbok R. sharpei
Some mammalogists (Haltenorth, 1963)[2] considered this group as a distinct subfamily (Neotraginae).
References
[edit]- ↑ "Neotragini — Encyclopedia of Life". EOL. 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ↑ Sokolov, Vladimir (1979). Taxonomy of Mammals, vol. 3. Moscow: Vysshaya Shkola. pp. 402–403 (in Russian).
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