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Raphicerus

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Raphicerus is a genus of small antelopes of the Tribe Neotragini (Subfamily Antilopinae).

Raphicerus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Kenya in the north to the Western Cape in South Africa.

The genus contains three species:

Extant Artiodactyla species

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria

Suborder Ruminantia

Antilocapra

Pronghorn (A. americana)

Okapia	Okapi (O. johnstoni)

Giraffa	Giraffe (G. camelopardalis)

Moschus

Himalayan Musk Deer (M. chrysogaster) · Siberian Musk Deer (M. moschiferus) · Dwarf Musk Deer (M. berezovskii) · Black Musk Deer (M. fuscus)

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Family Cervidae

Hydropotes

Water deer (H. inermis)

Family Bovidae

Hippotragus	Roan Antelope (H. equinus) · Sable Antelope (H. niger)

Oryx	East African Oryx (O. beisa) · Scimitar Oryx (O. dammah) · Gemsbok (O. gazella) · Arabian Oryx (O. leucoryx)

Addax	Addax (A. nasomaculatus)

Kobus	Upemba Lechwe (K. anselli) · Waterbuck (K. ellipsiprymnus) · Kob (K. kob) · Lechwe (K. leche) · Nile Lechwe (K. megaceros) · Puku (K. vardonii)

Redunca	Southern Reedbuck (R. arundinum) · Mountain Reedbuck (R. fulvorufula) · Bohor Reedbuck (R. redunca)

Aepyceros

Impala (A. melampus)

Pelea

Grey Rhebok (P. capreolus)

Pantholops

Tibetan antelope (P. hodgsonii)

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Family Bovidae (subfamily Caprinae)

Ammotragus	Barbary Sheep (A. lervia)

Budorcas	Takin (B. taxicolor)

Capra	Wild goat (C. aegagrus) · West Caucasian Tur (C. caucasia) · East Caucasian Tur (C. cylindricornis) · Markhor (C. falconeri) · Alpine Ibex (C. ibex) · Nubian Ibex (C. nubiana) · Spanish Ibex (C. pyrenaica) · Siberian Ibex (C. sibirica) · Walia Ibex (C. walie)

Hemitragus	Nilgiri Tahr (H. hylocrius) · Arabian Tahr (H. jayakari) · Himalayan Tahr (H. jemlahicus)

Naemorhedus	Red Goral (N. baileyi) · Japanese Serow (N. crispus) · Long-tailed Goral (N. caudatus) · Gray Goral (N. goral) · Mainland Serow (N. sumatraensis) · Taiwan Serow (N. swinhoei)

Oreamnos	Mountain goat (O. americanus)

Ovibos	Muskox (O. moschatus)

Ovis	Argali (O. ammon) · Domestic sheep (O. aries) · Bighorn Sheep (O. canadensis) · Dall Sheep (O. dalli) · Mouflon (O. musimon) · Snow sheep (O. nivicola) · Urial (O. orientalis)

Pseudois	Bharal (P. nayaur) · Dwarf Blue Sheep (P. schaeferi)

Rupicapra	Pyrenean Chamois (R. pyrenaica) · Chamois (R. rupicapra)

Family Bovidae (subfamily Bovinae)

Tetracerus	Four-horned Antelope (T. quadricornis)

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