| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- species: Hippotragus niger
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| Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 135 cm; the coat is dark brown on the back and white on the belly and buttocks; the face is white with three vertical black stripes; both sexes have horns which curve backwards; the female is slightly smaller than the male |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 36 |
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