Bovidae family (including Aegodontia &Boodontia) or Antelope family tree
Antelope lie in the Bovidae family, and account for around 2/3 of the 135 Bovidae species that exist in the world. It should be noted that deer come from the family Cervidae, which means that despite looking extremely similar, antelope are more closely related to cattle than they are to deer.
There are 91 antelope species in the world with 72 found in Africa, 14 in Asia, with the last 5 found in Eastern Europe.
There are 8 subfamilies in Africa
1. Bovinae (Bushbuck)
2. Reduncinae (Boher reedbuck)
3. Peleinae (grey rhebok)
4. Alcelaphinae (Hirola)
5. Hippotraginae (Beisa Oryx)
Impala
7. Antilopinae (Bates’ Pigmy Antelope)
Abbott’s Duiker
1. Subfamily Bovinae
Spiral horned antelopes made up of tribe Tragelaphini: 9 species 4 subspecies.
1. Bovinae (Bushbuck)
common eland
Giant eland (eastern and western subspecies)
Greater Kudu
lesser kudu
Eastern bongo
nyala
mounain nyala
mountain bongo
Sitatunga
2. Subfamily Reduncinae
Rhebok, reedbucks, and waterbucks 8 Species, 11 Subspecies
2. Reduncinae (Boher reedbuck)
mountain reedbuck
southern reedbuck
Kob
Red Lechwe
Nile lechwe
puku
Waterbuck
3. Subfamily Peleinae:
1 Species
Grey rhebok
4. Subfamily Alcelaphinae
Sassabies, hartebeests, and wildebeests: 6 Species (depending on how you count, it can be anywhere from 6 to 10) , 19 Subspecies
4. Alcelaphinae (Hirola)
Tsessebe (Topi Sasseby and Tiang)
Bontebok
Genus Alcelaphus, Hartebeest
Blue wildebeest
Black wildebeest
5. Subfamily Hippotraginae
Grazing antelope: 7 Species, 4 Subspecies
Addax
Sable antelope
Giant Sable
Roam
gemsbok
5. Hippotraginae (Beisa Oryx)
scimitar oryx
6. Subfamily Aepycerotinae
Impala: 1 Species which is impala, 2 Subspecies
7. Subfamily Antilopinae
Gazelles, dwarf antelopes
- Tribe Antilopini: 10 Species, 4 Subspecies
Dama Gazelle
Docas Gazelle
gerenuk
grant’s gazelle
Mhorr Gazelle
red fronted gazelle
Slender horned gazelle
Soemmerings gazelle
Spekes gazelle
springbok
Thompsons gazelle
- Tribe Ammodorcadini: 1 Species
- Tribe Neotragini: 13 Species, 4 Subspecies
7. Antilopinae (Bates’ Pigmy Antelope)
Beira
Cape Grysbok
Guenther’s Dikdik
Kirk’s Dikdik
Klipspringer
Oribi
Royal Antelope
Salt’s Dikdik
Sharpe’s Grysbok
Steenbok
silver dikdik
Suni
8. Subfamily Cephalophinae
Duiker: 17 Species, 7 Subspecies
Abbott’s Duiker
Aders’ Duiker
Bay Duiker
Black Duiker
Black-fronted Duiker
Blue Duiker
Grey Duiker or common
Harvey’s Red Duiker
Jentink’s Duiker
Maxwell’s Duiker
Natal Red Duiker
Ogilby’s Duiker
Peters’ Duiker
Red-flanked Duiker
White-bellied Duiker
Yellow-backed Duiker
Zebra Duiker
Walter’s-Duiker
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Caprinae
The Caprinae family is a close relation of Alcelaphinae & Hippotraginae (subfamily 4 and 5 on this page) but this family consists of the worlds goats and sheep.
This consists of 9 genus with just 1 species in each (and one further extinct so not included here) and then 5 genus with more than that.
Firstly dealing with each genus with only one species.
Arabian Tahr
Barbary Sheep
Bharal genus Pseudois
Himalayan Tahr
mountain goat
Musk ox
Nilgiri Tahr genus Nilgiritragus
Takin genus Budorcas
tibetan antelope genus Pantholops
Next the Capra genus, which consists of the worlds Ibex species
Alpine ibex
Domestic goat
Iberian ibex
Markhor
Nubian ibex
Siberian Ibex
Walia ibex
west asian ibex or wild goat
West Caucasian tur
Next the Ovis family (sheep species)
Big horn sheep
Dall sheep
Domestic sheep
Marco polo sheep
Mouflon
Snow sheep
Urial
Two species of Chamois remain
Alpine chamois
Pyrenees chamois
The second last group is the Serow (6 species)
Himalayan serow
Japanese serow
Mainland serow
Red serow
Sumatran serow
Taiwan serow
The last group is the Goral
