antelopes

I should say, then, that the big-horns are not sheep, but antelopes -- _mountain_ _antelopes_, you might call them, to distinguish them from their prong-horned cousins, who prefer to range over the plains, while they, on the contrary, spend most of their time among the steep and craggy cliffs. "

The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

The variety of modes of shooting these antelopes is highly amusing.

The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903

Several of the fatter members of the pack were responsible for setting controlled fires on the ship, for which they were paid exorbitant sums of antelopes, which is very confusing and morally frustrating.

CampusProgress.org 2009

Most of the groups of big ruminants commonly called "antelopes" are now confined to Africa; but it appears that formerly various representatives of them reached America.

VIII. Primeval Man; and the Horse, the Lion, and the Elephant 1916

[North Africa.] -- The ancient Egyptians had a positive passion for tamed animals, such as antelopes, monkeys, crocodiles, panthers, and hyenas.

Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development Francis Galton 1866

The master of the hunt exposes his spoils -- such as antelopes, cats, porcupines, curious rats, etc., all caught in nets, and placed in baskets -- zebra, lion, and buffalo skins being added.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

Crocodiles generally capture their prey, often large mammals such as antelopes, by drifting close to them, motionless, pretending to be a floating log, then lunging and dragging their victim underwater, where it is drowned, then left to rot and soften up for later consumption.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

Ryan said he has worked with animals such as antelopes, bears, porcupines and raccoons.

GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines 2009

Crocodiles generally capture their prey, often large mammals such as antelopes, by drifting close to them, motionless, pretending to be a floating log, then lunging and dragging their victim underwater, where it is drowned, then left to rot and soften up for later consumption.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

"About a mile off I seed a flock of goats -- what you'd call antelopes, though goats they ur, as sure as goats is goats.

The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850