VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

Antelopes (hollow horned ruminants)

ANTELOPES

• Bovidae also comprises the antelopes and gazelles. The antelopes and gazelles are called as the earliest ruminants.
• They possess characters common to oxen as well as sheep and goats.
• Antelopes have a gland below the eyes that is more prominent in antelopes like blackbucks.
• The horns have a considerable length with a bnony core.