blackbuck vs Mountain yam

Antilope cervicapra compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• blackbuck is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blackbuck	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Antilope	Dioscorea
Species	Antilope cervicapra	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

blackbuck

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blackbuck	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

blackbuck

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, South Africa, and United States.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

blackbuck

The Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is a species in the genus Antilope. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.