Sable antelope
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| 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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | Hippotragus |
| Species: | H. niger
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippotragus niger (Harris, 1838)
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The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope. It lives in wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa.
Sable Antelope Media
Adult male in Chobe National Park, Botswana
Juvenile animal in captivity
Young bull at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
The Wooded Savanna: Sable diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum
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References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group. 'Hippotragus niger'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017 (2017)IUCN. p. e.T10170A50188654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T10170A50188654.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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