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KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
PHYLUM : CHORDATA
CLASS : MAMMALIA
ORDER : ARTIODICTYLA
FAMILY : BOVIDEA
80% ASIA
10% • The Arabian Peninsula is home to the
Arabian oryx and Dorcas gazelle.
• India is home to the nilgai, chinkara,
blackbuck, Tibetan antelope, and four-
horned antelope
• While Russia and Central Asia have the
Tibetan antelope, and saiga.
• No antelope species is native to
Australia or Antarctica
CHARACTERISTICS
Antelopes vary greatly in size. Not surprisingly for animals with long, slender yet powerful legs, many
antelopes have long strides and can run fast. Some (e.g. klipspringer)
HORNS :
• In most species, both sexes have horns, but those
of males tend to be larger.
• A number of species have hornless females
• In some species, the males and females have
A differently coloured pelages (e.g. blackbuck and
nyala).
D B LEGS
• Both dibatags and gerenuks habitually stand on their
C two hind legs to reach acacia and other tree foliage
E • Larger antelope, such as nilgai, elands, and kudus, are
capable of jumping 2.4 m (7.9 ft) or greater, although
their running speed is restricted by their greater mass.
STATUS OF ANTELOPES
• 25 species are rated by the IUCN as endangered such as
the dama gazelle and mountain nyala
• A number of subspecies are also endangered, including the
giant sable antelope and the mhorr gazelle.
• The saiga is hunted for its horns.
• The chiru or Tibetan antelope is hunted for its pelt, which is
used in making shahtoosh wool, used in shawls.
LIFE SPAN
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LIFESPAN:
In captivity, wildebeest have lived beyond 20 years old, and
impalas have reached their late teens.
CONSERVATION THREATS
OF ANTELOPES One major threat to virtually all antelope is hunting, for
both horns and meat. However, culture and human
attitudes toward these animals vary.
• For example, in Sierra Leone, the royal
antelope Neotragus pygmaeus is rarely shot, but it
can get caught in snares set for duikers and other
hoofed animals.
• In Liberia, where it is regarded as cunning, there are
widespread taboos on the hunting or eating of the
royal antelope among the country’s ethnic groups. In
contrast, the royal antelope makes up a significant
part of the bushmeat trade .
ENDANGERED
• Saigas are poached for their horns, which are highly valued in traditional Asian folk
remedies
• in 1994, there were about 1,350,000 saigas in Russia; today, there are a mere 65,000,
with very few males, since poachers, who are mainly interested in the horns, take only
the males.
ANTELOPS IN PAKISTAN
Nilgai Antelope
( Boselaphus tragocamelus )
• Reproduction:Weaning: By 10 months.
• Sexual Maturity: Around 18 months.
• Life span: Up to 21 years.
• Gestation Period: About 8 months.
• Young per Birth: Generally 2 (over 60% of births), sometimes 1 or 3.
• Mating :Breeding occurs throughout the year, but the peak of mating is December-
March, with the resulting calves born in September and October.
• Diet: Leaves, buds, grasses, fruit.
HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION
E C Weight: 23kg.
DESCRIPTION
• In summer coat, the Indian Gazelle is of warm biscuit,
• In winter coat the white belly and throat fur is smooth .
• The tail is medium long and covered with a dorsal crest of black hairs
• The sides of the face are also patterned with broad dark chestnut
stripes
• The average horn length of males is 25.5-30.5 cm (10-12 in)
measured over the curve, with record horns reaching just over 39cm
(15.5in).
CHINKARA
• Reproduction:
• Weaning: At about two months.
• Sexual Maturity: At two years of age.
• Life span: Unknown.
• Gestation Period: About five to five and a half months.
• Young per Birth: Generally 1, but twins have been reported quite frequently.
• In Pakistan, the rut appears it occur in two seasons, one lasting from the end of monsoon
up to early October and again in the late Spring from March to the end of April.
• The births occur mainly in April.
• Diet: various bushes and green twigs. They also take leaves of different plants and can go
without water for days.
HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION
• A very adaptable animal , it seems to be able to exist in extensive sand-dune areas
down to sea level as well as in stony plateaus and low hilly regions up to 1,500m
elevation.
• The Chinkara is now rare in the Thal desert. They survive in good numbers in Sibi
plains, Mekran, Turbat and Lasbela in Baluchistan. They are also found in Kirthar hills