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Article: The African Antelope.
- Article from:
- PSA Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
- Author:
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Actually, the title is superfluous, since antelopes are found only in Africa, with a few in Asia. No antelopes are found in the New World. We often call the pronghorn a pronghorn antelope, but it is not an antelope. Pronghorns and antelopes do belong to the same order of mammals, Artiodactyla, but they are each in a different family.
Antelope is a common name applied to a large group of hollow-homed ruminants; the group comprises about 150 species. The antelopes range in size from the tiny royal antelope, 10 inches at the shoulder and about the size of a rabbit, to the giant eland, almost 6 feet in height and weighing about 1500 pounds.
The giant eland ...
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