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Hippotragus equinus (Roan)

roan antelope [English]; bastergemsbok [Afrikaans]; Pferdeantilope [German]; rouanne, hippotrague [French]; korongo [Swahili]; ithaka, inoni [isiNdebele]; iliza [isiXhosa]; inoni [isiZulu]; hlaba-ka-lela, thaetsi, thagetsi [Sepedi]; hlaba-ka-lela, kgama [Sesotho]; kwalata, kwalatę, kunkuru [Setswana]; ndunguza, chengu [Shona]; litagayezi, inyamatane, linoni [siSwati]; ndakadzi, xidya-na-mani [Xitsonga]; thavha-nda-lila, thavhandalila, ndilanannyi [Tshivenda]; kwalata [Lozi]; !Hoa || nâ  |gaeb [Nama] [Damara]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Antilopinae

Hippotragus equinus (Roan)

Roan, Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve, Muldersdrift, South Africa. [photo Callie de Wet ©]

Hippotragus equinus (Roan) Hippotragus equinus (Roan)

Hippotragus equinus (Roan), Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Roan, Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve, Muldersdrift, South Africa. [photo Callie de Wet ©]