The term antelope is used to refer to numerous species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe.
Although antelope are sometimes referred to, and easily misidentified as, “deer” (cervids), true deer are only distantly related to antelope. While antelope are found in abundance in Africa, only one deer species is found in Africa. Unlike deer, in which the males sport elaborate head antlers that are shed and regrown annually, antelope horns are bone and grow steadily, never falling off. If a horn is broken, it will either remain broken or take years to partially regenerate, depending on the species.
More species of antelope are native to Africa than to any other continent, almost exclusively in savannahs.
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