Editing Antelope (section)

===Heraldry===
Antelope are a common symbol in [[heraldry]], though they occur in a highly distorted form from nature. The heraldic antelope has the body of a [[stag]] and the tail of a [[lion]], with serrated horns, and a small tusk at the end of its snout. This bizarre and inaccurate form was invented by European heralds in the Middle Ages, who knew little of foreign animals and made up the rest. The antelope was mistakenly imagined to be a monstrous beast of prey; the 16th century poet [[Edmund Spenser]] referred to it as being "as fierce and fell as a [[wolf]]."<ref>{{cite book|title=Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Heraldry|last=Vinycomb|first=John|date=1906|page=213|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40825/40825-h/40825-h.htm#Page_213|publisher=Chapman & Hall, Ltd.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727000557/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40825/40825-h/40825-h.htm#Page_213|archive-date=2015-07-27}}</ref>

Antelope can all also occur in their natural form, in which case they are termed "natural antelope" to distinguish them from the more usual heraldic antelope.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Complete Guide to Heraldry|last=Fox-Davies|first=Arthur|date=1909|publisher=T.C. & E.C. Jack|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41617/41617-h/41617-h.htm#page210|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924222738/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41617/41617-h/41617-h.htm#page210|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref> The arms previously used by the [[Republic of South Africa]] featured a natural antelope, along with an [[oryx]].