Your top 5 favorite Antelopes

Don't know how I missed this thread! Antelope are my all-time favorite group of animals!! #1 should come as no surprise now I'll have to figure out 2-5...

Here goes:

1. Giant Eland
2. Mountain Nyala (I don't think I've seen this on the thread so far!)
3. Hirola
4. Chiru
5. Zebra Duiker

Honorable mentions:
1. Jentink's Duiker (almost got the 5th spot!)
2. Saiga
3. Beira
4. Roan
5. Gemsbok
6. Nile Lechwe
7. Dibatag
8. Sitatunga
9. Four-horned Antelope
10. Blackbuck

I have seen all of these except Chiru (high on my wishlist obviously), Beira, and Dibatag.
 
1. Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
2. Gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
3. Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii)
4. Roan (Hippotragus equinus)
5. Natal Red Duiker (Cephalophus natalensis)

Barring the bongo (the first antelope species that I have any memory of seeing, and one of the fondest memories from my first visit to Whipsnade, now my favourite zoo), the rest of the list isn't really in any particular order, but they are definitely my five favourites, with honourable mentions to Addax, Scimatar-horned Oryx and Sable. Honourable mentions to Gerenuk, Chiru, Giant Eland and any hartebeest, which fascinate me and I would love to see them in person, but I naturally much 'prefer' species that I have seen in person.
 
Austin the Sengi said:
As a ZooChatter who loves ungulates as much as I love elephant shrews; naturally, it seemed that a thread like this would come around at some point. Sure, it’s been some time since I last made a similar thread. But after spreading the news about the birth of Zoo Miami’s newest giant eland. I felt very inspired to ask this simple question of what your top five species of antelope are, that is all; and to start things off, here’s my answer for reference:

1. Bongo
2. Giant Eland
3. Jackson’s Hartebeest
4. Nilgai
5. Lesser Kudu

Honorable Mention/s:*
1. Pronghorn - (not a true antelope I know)
2. Blackbuck
3. Gerenuk
4. Klipspringer
5. Addax


(*means that this will be subject to change)
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1) Sable
2) Bongo
3) Giant Eland
4) Blackbuck
5) Nilgai

Honorable Mentions
!) Impala
2) Yellow Back Duiker
3) Greater Kudu
4) Arabian Oryx
5)Zebra Duiker















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#1. Arabian Oryx
#2. Nyala
#3. Bongo
#4. Addax
#5. Greater Kudu

Only out of species I've seen, there are a few I think will rearrange the list if I see them, and it has been very long since I've seen Arabian oryx.
 
1. Gemsbok
2. Arabian Oryx
3. Blackbuck
4. Kudu (not picky on species)
5. Addax

I've seen them in zoos, maybe someday I'll see them in the wild.
 
1. Dama gazelle
2. Blackbuck
3. Thomson's gazelle
4. Fringe-eared oryx
5. Scimitar oryx
 
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