Everything about The Sable Antelope totally explained
The
Sable Antelope (
Hippotragus niger) is an
antelope which inhabits wooded
savannah in
East Africa south of
Kenya, and in
Southern Africa.
Subspecies
There are three
subspecies:
Description
The Sable Antelope stands 120 to 140 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh 200 to 270 kilograms, males being larger than females. Female Sable Antelope are chestnut to dark brown darkening as they mature while males are very distinctively black. Both sexes have a white underbelly, white cheeks and a white chin. They have a shaggy mane on the back of their neck. Sable antelope have ringed horns which arch backward, in females these can reach a meter, but in males they can reach over one and a half meters.
Ecology and behavior
Sable Antelope live in wooded savannah where they eat mid-length
grass and
leaves. They are
diurnal but are less active during the heat of the day. Sable Antelope form herds of ten to thirty females and calves led by a single male. Sable Antelope males will fight among themselves; they drop to their knees and use their horns.
Miscellaneous
The sable antelope was one of the national emblems of
Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe).
The sable antelope was also introduced into
Texas as game in private ranches.
Gallery
Image:Sableantelope San Diego Zoo.jpg|A female sable antelope at the San Diego Zoo
Image:Zambian Sable Antelope.jpg|A Zambian Sable Antelope
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