Tragelaphus

See also: tragelaphus

Translingual

Tragelaphus scriptus (kewel)

Etymology

From Latin tragelaphus (“goat-stag”), from Ancient Greek τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos), from τράγος (trágos, “billy goat”) + ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”).

Proper noun

Tragelaphus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – antelope-like bovines of Africa, with spiral horns.

Synonyms

• (genus): Strepsiceros

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Bovidae – family; Bovinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Tragelaphus scriptus (kewel) - type species; Tragelaphus eurycerus (bongo), Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu), Tragelaphus sylvaticus (imbabala), Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu), Tragelaphus buxtoni (mountain nyala), Tragelaphus angasii (nyala), Tragelaphus spekii (sitatunga) - species

See also

• Taurotragus (elands)

References

• Tragelaphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tragelaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tragelaphus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tragelaphus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Tragelaphus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Tragelaphus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Tragelaphus at AnimalBase
• Tragelaphus at Animal Diversity Web
• Tragelaphus at Paleobiology Database