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Some facts about the
Sable antelope
Adult weight : 225 kg (495 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 22 years
Female maturity :768 days
Male maturity : 1184 days
Gestation : 271 days
Weaning : 213 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 365 days
Weight at birth : 16.375 kg (36.025 lbs)
Mbarapi or sable antelope
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Hippotraginae
Species : Hippotragus niger
The Sable antelope is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the mbarapi or sable antelope
A young / baby of a mbarapi or sable antelope is called a 'calf'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A mbarapi or sable antelope group is called a 'herd or cluster'.Countries
Angola, Botswana, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and ZimbabweHabitats
Dry savanna, Grassland, Savanna, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland and Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland
Facts about the mbarapi or sable antelope
5/9/2002 -- ANGOLA: Scientists say rare sable antelope is not extinct
Hunted relentlessly for years by poachers seeking only this magnificent animal's head -- and the exceptionally high Price it brings -- the Giant Sable Antelope is at the brink of extinction.
The Giant Sable Antelope is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species]
The Hippotragus niger is generally found in the savanna zone from south eastern Kenya to Angola and also South Africa.
The Sable Antelope Hippotragus niger is certainly one of the world's most graceful antelope with its long curved horns that create a phantom-like appearance.
The sable antelope is a handsome member of the antelope family that lives in herds in the forests of southern Africa.
Antelopes : The Red Sable The Red Sable, Hippotragus niger, is one of the most stately of the antelopes. (Full text)
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equinus), the sable antelope is a graceful animal with an erect mane, long ears, long hair on the throat, and long, parallel, sickle-shaped horns. (Full text)
Sable antelope The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large African antelope with long, saber-like horns and in the male a black coat. (Full text)
The Red Sable, Hippotragus niger, is one of the most stately of the antelopes. (Full text)
Poised with majestic bearing and attired in a formal coat of resplendent black and white, the sable antelope is unmatched by any other animal for sheer grandeur and magnificence. (Full text)
Other descriptions of Sable Antelope Sable Antelope Conservation status: See text Sable Bull (Kafue, Zambia) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Hippotraginae Genus: Hippotragus Species: niger Binomial name Hippotragus niger Harris, 1838 The Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope that inhabits wooded savannah in East Africa south of Kenya, and in Southern Africa. (Full text)
SABLE ANTELOPE The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large African antelope with long, sabre-like horns and in the male a black coat. (Full text)
Conservation Status The sable antelope is considered a low risk, conservation dependent species, while the giant sable antelope, H. (Full text)
), the sable antelope is only found in Shimba Hills National Park. (Full text)
A subspecies, Hippotragus niger variani, which is a giant sable antelope, is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. (Full text)
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genus Hippotragus
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