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Many forest antelope rely on cryptic coloring and good hearing to avoid predators. Forest antelope often have very large ears and dark or striped colorations. Small antelope, especially duikers, evade predation by jumping into dense bush where the predator cannot pursue. [13] Springboks use a behavior known as stotting to confuse predators.
The antilopines are even-toed ungulates belonging to the subfamily Antilopinae of the family Bovidae.The members of tribe Antilopini are often referred to as true antelopes, and include the gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags, and Central Asian gazelles.
The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a large, mostly nocturnal, forest-dwelling antelope, native to sub-Saharan Africa. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes, and long slightly spiralled horns. It is the only tragelaphid in which both sexes have horns. Bongos have a complex ...
Articles relating to the Antelopes, numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe.
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These forest dwelling antelope feed selectively on plants or plant parts such as shoots, roots, leaves, and buds, but their diet is mainly made up of fruits. [3] The yellow-backed duiker is more efficient at digesting poor quality food than most other duiker species. This allows them to eat large, low quality fruits. [10]
Bates's pygmy antelope (Nesotragus batesi), also known as the dwarf antelope, pygmy antelope [2] or Bates' dwarf antelope, is a very small antelope living in the moist forest and brush of Central and West Africa.
Antilope is a genus of twisted-horn bovid that contains a single living species, the blackbuck of South Asia.Two extinct species are also known. [2]Many fossil antelopes were included in this genus, but have since been placed in new genera; for example the species formerly known as Antilope planicornis is now placed in its own genus, Nisidorcas.