The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant that are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia.

Antelope comprise a wastebasket taxon defined as any of numerous Old World grazing and browsing hoofed mammals belonging to the family Bovidae of the order Artiodactyla.^[1]

A stricter definition, also known as the “true antelopes,” includes only the genera Gazella, Nanger, Eudorcas and Antilope.^[2] One North American species, the pronghorn, is colloquially referred to as the “American antelope,” but it belongs to a different family than the African and Eurasian antelopes.

A group of antelope is called a herd.^[3] Unlike deer antlers, which are shed and grown annually, antelope horns grow continuously.^[4]