The sable antelope is a large antelope that inhabits wooded savanna across East and Southern Africa, ranging from southern Kenya to South Africa, with a further, separated population in Angola.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceThe underparts, cheek, and chin are all white, creating a great contrast with the dark back and flanks 1 Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
In Biome
Source Sable antelope, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Botswana, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Eswatini, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mozambique, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Namibia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Zimbabwe, found in there.
Sources
1. Sable antelope, Wikipedia
Taxobox, scientific name field
Hippotragus niger
Taxobox, conservation status field
Least Concern
Description section
The underparts, cheek, and chin are all white, creating a great contrast with the dark back and flanks.
- In Biome: Savanna, Wikipedia intro: "The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, w..."
View the Source2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. Sable antelope (Wikipedia)
4. GBIF Species API
Wikidata: Sable Antelope
Wikidata Q239381, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: ArtiodactylaView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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