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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