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Hippotragus niger
Large, dark brown antelope? with light brown ears and upper legs. The face has white on lower half and in front of eyes. There's also white under tail. Horns are ribbed and curve back. "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 tenth meter. " - Wikipedia
San Diego Zoo Safari Park. These inhabit "wooded savannah in East Africa south of Kenya, and in Southern Africa." - Wikipedia
"The life span of these animals is up to 18 years. The grassland habitat of the sable is being reduced due to habitat destruction for agricultural development. Antelope are important to their habitats as grazers and browsers. They are also important as prey for carnivores." - Wikipedia
Spotted on Apr 3, 2012
Submitted on Apr 5, 2012
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