Species Hippotragus equinus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) (Roan antilope)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Artiodactyla
  • ---- family: Bovidae
  • ----- species: Hippotragus equinus
Characteristics:herbivore; height: 135 cm, the coat is reddish-brown and has an erect mane, the belly is lighter brown and the tail is dark brown to black, the face is black with white patches in front of the eyes and a white mouth, both sexes have horns which curve backwards, females are slightly smaller
Countries:

BW
Botswana
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 34
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/21937934
Date: 2011-01-19
Creator: Flickr
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27122814
Creator: Micha L. Rieser
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: English: Hippotragus equinus in Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge, Orlando, Florida, USA
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27158826
Creator: Creator:Joseph Smit
Permission: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Comments: Hippotragus bakeri = Hippotragus equinus bakeri Heiglin, 1863, ♂ jr. English: Sudan Roan Antelope, immature male
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/26821808
Creator: Dave Pape
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Comments: w|Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus cottoni) at the Buffalo Zoo
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/29741559
Creator: creator:Joseph Wolf
Permission: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Comments: English: 1=Hippotragus equinus
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