royal antelope

English

A royal antelope

Noun

royal antelope (plural royal antelopes)

1. Any of species Neotragus pygmaeus of antelopes of west Africa, that are the smallest known.
   • 1894, Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History: Mammals:

     The third member of the section is the royal antelope (N. pygmæus) of the Guinea coast, which is the smallest of all the Ruminants, standing only 12 inches at the shoulder.

Translations

species of antelope

• Finnish: kuningasantilooppi
• Italian: antilope pigmea f
• Russian: ка́рликовая антило́па f (kárlikovaja antilópa), антило́па-ка́рлик f (antilópa-kárlik)
• Spanish: antílope enano m, antílope real m

Further reading

• royal antelope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Neotragus pygmaeus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Neotragus pygmaeus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons