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Taxon: Genus Hippotragus Sundevall, 1846 - roan and sable antelope (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla - (Family) Bovidae

Subsequent positions

Hippotragini (Tribe) Retzius & Lovén, 1845

Current position

Hippotragini (Tribe) Retzius & Lovén, 1845

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 448.

Alternative positions

*Bovidae* (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 132.
*Hippotraginae* (Subfamily) Retzius & Lovén, 1845	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 412.

Historical positions

*Hippotragini* (Tribe) Retzius & Lovén, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 448.
*Hippotraginae* (Subfamily) Retzius & Lovén, 1845	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 412.
*Bovidae* (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 132.
*Hippotragini* (Tribe) Retzius & Lovén, 1845	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1061.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;2ss; ‡1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s; ‡1s]
1993	P. Grubb	[2s; ‡1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s; ‡1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2s

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