Least ConcernSable Antelope
Hippotragus niger
11 countries13 parks
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 9 species of antelope, in the family Bovidae.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
1 species in this group is in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 53 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It is the national animal of Zimbabwe.
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It can kill even lions that attack it, using its long horns like sabres.
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The giant sable subspecies of Angola survived decades of civil war as a national symbol.
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It is the only truly solitary, non-territorial antelope in Africa.
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It spends up to 80% of its life hidden beneath the forest canopy.
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A wounded animal can charge with a ferocity worthy of a buffalo.
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It feeds by grazing grasses.
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Those adaptations give it extraordinary stamina over long distances, a strategy for escaping predators.
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Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 9.
