Sable antelope
Our animals:
Family:
Bovidae
Order:
Artiodactyla
Class:
mammals
Length:
116-142 cm
Weight:
238 kg / 220 kg
Nutrition: Grasses, foliage.
Reproduction: After a 8-9 month-long gestation 1 calf is born.
Did you know? This species lives in smaller groups of 15-25, that consist of cows, their young calves and one dominant bull. Most male keeps their territory demarcated with faeces and hoof scrapings on nice pastures in order to attract females. The "owner" of the area allows other males to graze in the area in case They behave as subject to the dominant male. They are highly water-bound animals, They do not wander farther than 3kms away from water.
Watch it! The body of the grazing antelope is robust, its neck is thick, its legs are strong, its mane is starkly rising up. The adult bulls are black, the females and the young antelopes are nut-brown, the specimens younger than 2 months are light brown.
Habitat: Wooded, grassy savannahs.
Spread: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, the Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
