Antelope

The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant which are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia. Antelope comprise a wastebasket taxon within the family Bovidae, encompassing all Old World ruminants that are not bovines, sheep, goats, deer, or giraffes. While one New World species, the pronghorn of North America, is sometimes colloquially referred to as the "American antelope", it is in fact not a true antelope. A group of antelope is called a herd. Unlike deer antlers, which are shed and grown annually, antelope horns grow continuously.

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