Antelope

The English word " deer " first appeared in 1417 and is derived from the Old French antelope , itself derived from Medieval Latin ant ( h ) alopus , which in turn is derived from the [ Byzantine Greek ] word anthólops , first proved in [ Eustathius of Antioch ] ( about AD 336 ) , according to whom the extraordinary animal " haunting the edges of the Euphrates , very savage , hard to catch and have a long , horn saw as capable of cutting down trees " . This probably comes from the Greek anthos ( flower ) and ops ( eye ) , possibly meaning " beautiful eyes " or long eyelashes offending animal , however , this may be folk etymology later . The talopus and calopus word , from the Latin , came to be used in the emblem . In 1607, first used for living , cervine animals



species : The 91 species , most of which are native to Africa , occurring in approximately 30 genera . Classification tribes or subfamilies within Bovidae is still a matter of debate , with some alternative systems proposed . Antelope are not a group cladistic or taxonomically defined . This term is used to describe all members of the family Bovidae which do not fall under the category of sheep , cow , or goat . Typically , all species of Alcelaphinae , Antilopinae , Hippotraginae , Reduncinae , Cephalophinae , many Bovinae , which rhebok gray , and impala antelope called . No antelope species are native to Australasia or Antarctica , nor any remaining species occur in the United States , although the Saiga species occur in North America during the Pleistocene . North America is currently home to native pronghorn , which are not officially recognized as a deer , but locally referred to as such ( eg Antelope Valley ) . More species of antelope native to Africa than any other continent , but some occur in Asia . Arabian Peninsula is home to the Arabian Oryx and Dorcas gazelle

. India is home to nilgai , chinkara , blackbuck , Tibetan antelope , and four- horned antelope , while Russia and Central Asia have the Tibetan antelope , and Saiga antelope . Many species of antelope have been imported to other parts of the world , especially the United States , for exotic game hunting . With some species of which have spectacular jumps and evasive skills , individuals may escape . Texas in particular has a lot of farm games , as well as habitat and climate , which is very friendly to the plains antelope species of Africa and Asia . Thus , the wild population of blackbuck antelope , gemsbok , and nilgai can be found in Texas . Antelope live in various habitats . Numerical , most of whom live in the African savanna .

 However , many of the more remote species , such as deer forests , as well as extreme cold Saiga - live , Arab desert adapted antelope , rocky koppie - klipspringer life , and Sitatunga semiaquatic . Species that live in the forest , forest , or bush tend to settle , but many plains species undertake long migrations . This allows the grass species - eating to keep rain and thus their food supply . The gnus and deer from East Africa doing some bulk migration circuits most impressive of all mammals
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