Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- species: Sigmoceros lichtensteinii
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Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 125 cm; the coat is chestnut or yellow-brown; the buttocks are a lighter colour; the tail and the shins are black; the shoulders are humped; both sexes heve horns that rise on a single pedicel; it can be distinguished from the Red Hartebeest by the lack of black blazes; |
Countries: | - MZ
- Mozambique
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: | - AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
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References: | Cillié 1997: 78 |