TABLE 63-2.
Recommended Housing Conditions for Selected Species of Antilocapridae and Bovidae*
| Common Name | Native Range | Native Climate | Minimum Barrier Height (feet) | Minimum Exhibit Size (square feet) |
Minimum Holding Size (square feet) |
Temperature (° F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronghorn | Not available | Temperate | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| SUBFAMILY AEPYCEROTINAE | ||||||
| Impala | African | Tropical | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| SUBFAMILY ALCELAPHINAE | ||||||
| Hartebeest, wildebeest, bontebok, blesbok, topi | African | Tropical | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| SUBFAMILY ANTILOPINAE | ||||||
| Dik-dik, royal antelope, steenbok, klipspringer | African | Tropical | 8 | 200 | 140 | 45–100 |
| Suni | African | Arid | 8 | 200 | 140 | 45–100 |
| Addra, Mhorr, Dorcas, Speke gazelle | African | Arid | 8 | 400 | 92 | 45–100 |
| Grant, Thomson's, slender-horned, red-fronted, Soemmerring gazelle |
African | Tropical | 8 | 400 | 92 | 45–100 |
| Saudi goitered gazelle | Asian | Arid or tropical | 8 | 400 | 92 | 45–100 |
| Cuvier gazelle | African | Arid | 8 | 600 | 92 | 45–100 |
| Springbok | African | Arid | 8 | 400 | 140 | 45–100 |
| Gerenuk | African | Arid | 8 | 400 | 140 | 60–100 |
| Blackbuck | Asian | Tropical | 8 | 400 | 140 | 45–100 |
| SUBFAMILY BOVINAE | ||||||
| Common, giant eland | African | Tropical | 10 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| Lowland nyala Eastern bongo Lesser, greater kudu Sitatunga |
African | Tropical | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| Nilgai | Asian | Tropical | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| Bushbuck | African | Tropical | 8 | 400 | 140 | 45–100 |
| SUBFAMILY CEPHALOPHINAE | ||||||
| Crowned, Maxwell blue, red-flanked duiker | African | Tropical | 8 | 200 | 140 | 45–100 |
| Bay, black duiker | African | Tropical | 8 | 400 | 140 | 45–100 |
| Yellow-backed duiker | African | Tropical | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| SUBFAMILY HIPPOTRAGINAE | ||||||
| Roan, sable antelope | African | Tropical | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| Addax, gemsbok scimitar-horned, Arabian oryx | African | Arid | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| Beisa, fringe-eared oryx | African | Arid or tropical | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| SUBFAMILY REDUNCINAE | ||||||
| Common, Defassa waterbuck Uganda kob red, Nile lechwe |
African | Tropical | 8 | 600 | 200 | 45–100 |
| Rhebok | African | Tropical | 8 | 400 | 140 | 45–100 |
Personal communication: D. Beetem and M. Fischer, AZA Antelope Taxon Advisory Group.