Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- species: Damaliscus lunatus
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Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 100-150cm; the coat is dark reddish-brown; they have a dark blaze on the face; also the upper parts of the legs are black; they have a hump on the shoulders and the back slopes downwards: both sexes have horns; the horns are ringed and S-shaped; |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
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References: | Cillié 1997: 74 |