Antilope

Not to be confused with Antelope.

Antilope is a genus of twisted-horn bovid that contains a single living species, the blackbuck of South Asia. Two extinct species are also known.^[2]

Antilope Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Antilopinae
Tribe:	Antilopini
Genus:	Antilope Pallas, 1766
Type species
Capra cervicapra[1] Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Antilope cervicapra †Antilope intermedia †Antilope subtorta

Many fossil antelopes were included in this genus, but have since been placed in new genera; for example the species formerly known as Antilope planicornis is now placed in its own genus, Nisidorcas.^[3]