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What is the classification of antelope?
Mammalia
Antelope | |
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Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Pecora |
Family: | Bovidae |
Is a pronghorn an invertebrate or vertebrate?
pronghorn, (Antilocapra americana), also called American antelope, North American hoofed mammal, the sole living member of the old ruminant family Antilocapridae (order Artiodactyla). It is the only animal that has branching horns and sheds them annually.
Do antelopes have eggs?
They have scales and are cold blooded. This means that they cannot keep warm by themselves and need to be in a warm place. They lay their eggs on land. Note the similarities and differences between them.
What is an antelope group called?
herd
What to call a group of animals?
Animal | Group Name |
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Antelope | A herd of antelope |
Ant | A colony or an army of ants |
Ape | A shrewdness of apes |
Baboons | A troop of baboons |
Does an antelope have horns or antlers?
In antelope, cattle, goats, sheep and other members of the family Bovidae, males have horns, and in many species females also have horns. Horns consist of a bony core covered by a keratin sheath. Also unlike antlers, horns do not branch; but horns do vary in size and shape depending on the species.
Can you eat antelope?
Antelope look like deer but they are actually members of an animal family that includes goats and oxen. Mild-tasting and finely grained, antelope meat is similar to venison. Its meat is finely grained and resembles veal or antelope in flavor and texture.
What kind of animal is an antelope classified as?
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae).
Is an antelope a clean animal?
Sundry species of antelope have been identified with some of the seven clean animals, cloven-hooved ruminants, enumerated in Deuteronomy 14:5.
What kind of animal is a marsh Antelope?
Marsh antelopes are deerlike animals of marshes and reedbeds; they include the waterbuck, kob, puka, lechwe, reedbuck, and rhebok. The gnu (or wildebeest) and the closely related hartebeest and damalisk are horselike antelopes of the grasslands.
What is the difference between a giraffe and an antelope?
The giraffe is more closely related to the pronghorn than the antelopes. Antelopes are incredibly widespread animals. They make up approximately 91 of the 140 or so known species of the Bovidae family, which also includes sheep, goats, and domesticated cattle. More distantly, they belong to the order of Artiodactyla with giraffes and pigs.