Definition of Genus hippotragus

1. Noun. Sable antelopes.

Exact synonyms: Hippotragus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Hippotragus Niger, Sable Antelope

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hippotragus

genus Hexanchus
genus Hibbertia
genus Hibiscus
genus Hieracium
genus Himantoglossum
genus Himantopus
genus Hippeastrum
genus Hippobosca
genus Hippocampus
genus Hippocrepis
genus Hippodamia
genus Hippoglossoides
genus Hippoglossus
genus Hippopotamus
genus Hipposideros
genus Hippotragus
genus Hipsurus
genus Hirudo
genus Hirundo
genus Hoheria
genus Holarrhena
genus Holbrookia
genus Holcus
genus Holocentrus
genus Holothuria
genus Homarus
genus Homo
genus Homogyne
genus Homona
genus Hordeum

Literary usage of Genus hippotragus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"... although in rare cases containing from fifteen to more than a score. genus hippotragus. equinus) belong to a genus nearly related to the ..."

2. With Flash-light and Rifle: Photographing by Flash-light at Night the Wild by Carl Georg Schillings (1905)
"O. Neumann has proved the existence of a third species of the genus Hippotragus in South Somaliland. The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) does not exist ..."

3. Horns and Hoofs: Or Chapters on Hoofed Animals by Richard Lydekker (1893)
"... horns of the females, which may even exceed in length those of the males. The species may be arranged under three genera. In the first genus Hippotragus ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1868)
"Heuglin has given a description of a new Antelope of the genus Hippotragus, and named it after eur illustrious countryman Sir Samuel Baker, by whom it was ..."

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