antelope

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The mountain bongo is a large, chestnut-red antelope with narrow white vertical stripes and long spiral horns.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

At Turner’s Outdoorsman in Torrance, racks of long guns line the back wall under taxidermied deer and antelope heads.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

The Saiga antelope is an example of a species that has benefited from being listed under the convention.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

In the 1990s, he even introduced a herd of scimitar-horned oryxes, as part of a conservation effort to protect the endangered Saharan antelope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Reynie had no idea what a common vetch was, and the possible answers offered no helpful clue—it might be an antelope, a bird, a rodent, or a vine.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart