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MAMMALS
Families & Subfamilies of the World

page six — Hogs to Antelope

 
 
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FAMILY
[Subfamily]
Photo
date/site
1

SUIDAE
Hogs

two examples

Common Warthog
Phacochoerus africanus

Tarangire NP,
Tanzania
(July 2018)

family group

 

 

 

Giant
Forest Hog
Tachyglossus aculeatus

Queen Elizabeth II NP, Uganda
(July 2002)

pack

2
TAYASSUIDAE
Peccaries

White-lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari

Emas NP, Goiás, Brazil
(July 2010)

3

HIPPOPOTAMIDAE
Hippopotamuses

two photos of
same species

Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius

upper: Queen Elizabeth II NP, Uganda
(July 2002)

 

 

 

lower: Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
(July 2018)

 

4

CAMELIDAE
Camels & relatives

Tribe Lamini
Llamas & relatives
and
Tribe Camelini
Camels

NOT COUNTED:
Semi-domestic
examples only

left: Alpaca
V. pacos, domesticated from Vicuna Vicugna vicugna

Abre Malaga, Peru (July 1987)

right: semi-
domestic Dromedary
Camelus
dromedarius

Oman
(Mar 2001)

5

TRAGULIDAE
Chevrotains

Lesser Oriental Chevrotain Tragulus kanchil

Lung Sin hide, nr Kaeng Krachan, Thailand
(Dec 2012)

6A

CERVIDAE
Deer

Cervinae
Old World Deer

Tribe Muntiacini
Muntjacs

Southern Red Muntjac
Muntiacus muntjak

Baluran NP, Java, Indonesia
(Aug 19880

note: I realize this shot, digitized from a slide taken at dusk, looks more like an impressionist painting than a photo

6A

CERVIDAE
Deer

Cervinae
Old World Deer

Tribe Cervini
Old World Deer

two examples

Sambar
Rucervus unicolor

Ranthambore NP, Rajasthan, India
(Mar 2001)

males joisting

 

 

 

Wapiti (Elk)
Cervus canadensis

Monterey Co., California, USA
(Jan 2019)

male

 

6B

CERVIDAE
Deer

Capreolinae
Roe Deer & New World Deer

Tribe Alceini
Moose

Moose
Alces alces

Denali NP, Alaska, USA
(July 2011)

male

6C

CERVIDAE
Deer

Capreolinae
Roe Deer & New World Deer

Tribe Odocoilein
New World Deer

four examples

 

 

Caribou
Rangifer tarandus

Denali NP, Alaska, USA
(July 2011)

male

 

 

 

 

far left:
Black-tailed Deer
Odocoileus hemionus

Pacific Grove, California, USA
(Aug 2016)
fawn in our backyard


near right:
Red Brocket
Mazama americana

Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
(July 2010)

 

 

Marsh Deer
Alces alces

Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
(July 2010)

female providing a ride for Smooth-billed Ani

 

 

 

7
ANTILOCAPRIDAE
Pronghorn

Pronghorn Antilocapra americana

Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado
(July 2005)

herd

 

8
GIRAFFIDAE
Giraffe & Okapi

Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis

Murchison Falls NP, Uganda
(July 2002)

9A

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Bovinae
Cattle & relatives

Tribe Bovini
Cattle & Buffalo

two examples

African
(Cape)
Buffalo
Syncerus
caffer

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
(July 2018)

male

 

 

 

 

 

American Bison
Bison bison

Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA
(June 1973)

9B

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Bovinae
Cattle & relatives

Tribe Bosalaphini
Nilgai & Chowsingha

Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus

Sultanpur NP, India
(Mar 2001)

herd, male at left

9C

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Bovinae
Cattle & relatives

Tribe Tragelaphini
Bushbucks, Kudus
& Elands

three examples

Common Eland
Tragelaphus oryx

Daan Viljoen Game Park, Namibia
(July 2005)

male

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus

Mole NP,
Ghana
(Dec 2013)

young male

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nyala Tragelaphus angasii

Kruger NP, South Africa
(July 1996)

male

9D

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Antilopinae
Antelopes, Sheep
& Goats

Tribe Aepycerotini
Impalas

Impala
Aepyceros melampus

Tarangire NP, Tanzania
(July 2018)

male

9E

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Antilopinae
Antelopes, Sheep
& Goats

Tribe Antilopini
Gazelles, Dik-diks & relatives

four examples

top left:
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris

Tarangire NP,
Tanzania
(July 2002)

male

 

 

middle left:
Guenther's
Dik-dik
Madoqua guentheri

Samburu NP,
Kenya
(Nov 1981)

male

 

near right:
Gerenuk
Litocranius walleri

Samburu NP,
Kenya
(Nov 1981)

female

 

 

 

 

 

Springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis

Etosha NP,
Namibia
(July 2006)

contesting males face-off

9F

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Antilopinae
Antelopes, Sheep
& Goats

Tribe Reduncini
Reedbucks & Waterbucks

three examples

 

top left:
Bohor Reedbuck
Redunca redunca

Serengeti NP,
Tanzania
(July 2002)

female

 

lower left:
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Salt Lick Lodge, Tsavo West NP,
Kenya
(Nov 1981)

 

 

near right:
Kob
Kobus kob

Mole NP,
Ghana
(Dec 2013)

male

9G

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Antilopinae
Antelopes, Sheep
& Goats

Tribe Hippotragini
Oryxes & relatives

two examples

Gemsbok
Oryx
gazella

Kgalagadi-Gemsbok NP, South Africa
(July 2005)

males

 

 

 

 

 

Sable Antelope Hippotragus niger

Mahango Game Reserve, Botswana
(July 2005)

males

9H

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Antilopinae
Antelopes, Sheep
& Goats

Tribe Alcelaphini
Hartebeest & Wildebeest

two examples

[Coke's] HartebeestAlcelaphus buselaphus cokii

Samburu NP, Kenya
(Nov 1991)

note: back in 1991 what is now A. buselaphus
was split into
2 species, but since then both are usually lumped on genetic grounds

 

 

 

 

 

Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus

Kgalagadi-Gemsbok NP, South Africa
(July 2005)

fighting males

9I

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Antilopinae
Antelopes, Sheep
& Goats

Tribe Caprini
Sheep & Goats

four examples

Dall's Sheep
Ovis dalli

Denali NP, Alaska, USA
(July 2011)

male

 

 

far left:
Takin

Budorcas taxicolor

Changqing Reserve, China
(Nov 2010)
male

 

near right:
Urial

Ovis vignei

Ladakh, India
(Oct 2014)
herd, male front

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bhoral
(Blue Sheep)

Pseudois nayaur

Rumbak Valley, Ladakh, India,
(Nov 2014)

male

9J

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Antilopinae
Antelopes, Sheep
& Goats

Tribe Cephalophini
Duikers

Common (Gray) Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia

West Coast NP, South Africa
(July 2005)

9K

BOVIDAE
Hollow-horned Ruminants

Antilopinae
Antelopes, Sheep
& Goats

Tribe Oreotragini
Klipspringers

Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus

Walker Bay, South Africa
(July 2005)

 
     
 
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