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Thomson's gazelle (Gazella rufifrons) in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Look at all those flamingos in the background! What a life, to run around free and enjoy the birds, without a care, except for lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas, of course. |
The name antelope refers to a wide variety of mammals. Although antelopes are extremely diverse, they all share some basic characteristics.
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White-bearded gnu (a subspecies of blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus) in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. |
Antelopes are even-toed, hoofed mammals. They share this foot morphology with hippopotamuses, warthogs, giraffes, and deer, but none of those are "antelope."
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Female eland (Taurotragus oryx) in Akagera National Park, Rwanda. |
