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Definition of Genus Tragelaphus
1. Noun. African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Bongo, Boocercus Eurycerus, Tragelaphus Eurycerus, Koodoo, Koudou, Kudu, Harnessed Antelope, Nyala, Tragelaphus Angasi, Mountain Nyala, Tragelaphus Buxtoni, Bushbuck, Guib, Tragelaphus Scriptus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tragelaphus
Literary usage of Genus Tragelaphus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"A sportsman's name for several African antelopes frequenting bushy regions,
especially two groups: (1) The genus Tragelaphus, otherwise known as ..."
2. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"The genus was founded by Thomas on the character of the horned female in distinction
to the hornless females of the genus Tragelaphus, to which it was ..."
3. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"... unlike those of the rest of the animals of the genus Tragelaphus, have two
turns instead of a turn and ..."
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