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Which living artiodactyl family contains antelopes, cattle, sheep, and goats?
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Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata), Kenya.
The living artiodactyl family that contains antelopes, cattle, sheep, and goats is Bovidae (the bovid family).12
Members of this family are characterized by the presence of horns that consist of a sheath covering a bony core, which grows from the skullās frontal bones and is never shed. While the term antelope is a common name for many species within this family, it is not a formal taxonomic classification; rather, these animals are grouped into various subfamilies and tribes, such as the Bovinae (which includes cattle) and the Caprinae (which includes sheep and goats).123