Sable antelope
an antelope native to the wooded savanna of East and Southern Africa
The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope. It lives in wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa.
Sable antelope | |
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Adult male Hippotragus niger niger, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa | |
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H. n. niger cow in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Hippotraginae |
Genus: | Hippotragus |
Species: | H. niger
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Binomial name | |
Hippotragus niger (Harris, 1838)
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geographic range |
References
change- ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2017). "Hippotragus niger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T10170A50188654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T10170A50188654.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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