Wikibooks: Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Antelopes - Advanced

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honor header Unknown Unknown Nature East Africa Division =1. Give the order and the scientific name of the family to which the antelope belong.= The artiodactyla are the even toed ungulates (that is animals with hooves and an even number of toes). A bovid is any of almost 140 species of cloven hoofed mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. The family is widespread being native to all continents except Australia and Antarctica and diverse members include buffalo bison antelopes gazelles and both wild and domesticated cattle sheep goats and water buffalo. =2. Give the distinguishing characteristics of the different sub families with examples of each.= =Bovinae= Antelope sub family latin name = Bovinae common name = cattle and spiral horned antelopes image = Water buffalo bathing.jpg num genera = 9 num species = 24 characteristics = General characteristics include a cloven hoof and usually at least one of the sexes of a species having a true horn. =Cephalophinae= Antelope sub family latin name = Cephalophinae common name = Duiker image = Common Duiker1.jpg num genera = 2 num species = 19 characteristics = With a slightly arched body and the front legs a little shorter than the hind legs they are well shaped to penetrate thickets. They are primarily browsers rather than grazers eating leaves shoots seeds fruit buds and bark and often follow flocks of birds or troops of monkeys to take advantage of the fruit they drop. They supplement their diet with meat duikers take insects and carrion from time to time and even stalk and capture rodents or small birds. =Hippotraginae= Antelope sub family latin name = Hippotraginae common name = grazing antelopes image = Sable bull.jpg num genera = 5 num species = 6 characteristics = These grass eaters form small groups of both males and females. =Antilopinae= Antelope sub family latin name = Antilopinae common name = Gazelles dwarf antelopes and the saiga image = Hirschziegenantilope2.JPG num genera = 14 num species = 38 characteristics =See requirement 8 for distinguishing ...