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| An adult male greater kudu by the Chobe River, Botswana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Tribe: | Tragelaphini |
| Genus: | Tragelaphus (Blainville, 1816) |
| Type species | |
| Antilope sylvatica (= Antilope scripta)[1] Sparrman, 1780
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| Species | |
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Tragelaphus angasii | |
Tragelaphus is a genus of medium-to-large-sized spiral-horned antelopes. It contains several species of bovines, all of which are relatively antelope-like. Species in this genus tend to be large in size and lightly built, and have long necks and considerable sexual dimorphism. Elands, including the common eland (Taurotragus oryx), are embedded within this genus, meaning that Taurotragus must be subsumed into Tragelaphus to avoid paraphyly. Alternatively, Taurotragus could be maintained as a separate genus, if the nyala and the lesser kudu are relocated to their own monospecific genera, respectively Nyala and Ammelaphus. Strepsiceros is a generic synonym.[2] Genus Boocercus formerly contained T. eurycerus.[3] The name "Tragelaphus" comes from the mythical tragelaph.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 697–699. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Tragelaphus Blainville, 1816". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "Tragelaphus eurycerus (Ogilby, 1837)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 February 2025.