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Definition of Antilope cervicapra
1. Noun. Common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns.
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Antilope, Genus Antilope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antilope Cervicapra
Literary usage of Antilope cervicapra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"RING-HORNED ANTELOPE (Antilope cervicapra). Intestinal Canal. ft. From the mouth
to the stomach .... 2 From the stomach to the caecum . ..."
2. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa: In the by Dixon Denham, Hugh Clapperton, Walter Oudney, Abraham V. Salamé, Robert Brown, Carl Dietrich Eberhard König (1826)
"Antilope cervicapra, We have only the horns of this animal. ... Antilope cervicapra.
Pall. Capra cervicapra. Linn. I. 96. Antilope. Buff. xii. pi. ..."
3. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"(Antilope cervicapra.) THESE beautiful inhabitants of the temperate regions of
Africa possess swiftness and elegance of shape in an eminent degree. ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1836)
"... 25 Remarks upon the lachrymal sinus in the Indian Antelope (Antilope cervicapra,
Pall.) 38 Remarks upon the probable identity of ..."
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