Sable antelope
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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippotraginae |
| Genus: | Hippotragus |
| Species: | H. niger |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippotragus niger (Harris, 1838) | |
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| geographic range | |
References
- 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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