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Definition of Genus Hippotragus
1. Noun. Sable antelopes.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Hippotragus Niger, Sable Antelope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hippotragus
Literary usage of Genus Hippotragus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"... although in rare cases containing from fifteen to more than a score.
genus Hippotragus. equinus) belong to a genus nearly related to the ..."
2. With Flash-light and Rifle: Photographing by Flash-light at Night the Wild by Carl Georg Schillings (1905)
"O. Neumann has proved the existence of a third species of the genus Hippotragus
in South Somaliland. The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) does not exist ..."
3. Horns and Hoofs: Or Chapters on Hoofed Animals by Richard Lydekker (1893)
"... horns of the females, which may even exceed in length those of the males.
The species may be arranged under three genera. In the first genus Hippotragus ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1868)
"Heuglin has given a description of a new Antelope of the genus Hippotragus, and
named it after eur illustrious countryman Sir Samuel Baker, by whom it was ..."
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