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
Adult male Hippotragus niger niger, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
H. n. niger cow in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Hippotraginae
Genus: Hippotragus
Species:
H. niger
Binomial name
Hippotragus niger
(Harris, 1838)
      geographic range

References

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  1. 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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