Hippotragus niger (Sable)
sable antelope [English]; swartwitpens [Afrikaans]; Rappenantilope [German];
hippotrague noir [French]; mbarapi, palahala [Swahili]; umtjwayeli, ingwalathi,
ngwaladi, umtshwayeli [isiNdebele]; iliza [isiXhosa]; impalampala [isiZulu];
phalafala [Sepedi]; phalafala, kgama [Sesotho]; kwalata, kwalatê, kukurugu,
pôtôkwane [Setswana]; mharapara, ngwarati [Shona]; impalampala, imphalamphala
[siSwati]; mhalamhala [Xitsonga]; phalaphala, phalafhala [Tshivenda]; kwalata [Lozi]; ╪ Nū !nā |gaeb [Nama] [Damara]
Life
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Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia
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> Placentalia (placental mammals) >
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> Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family:
Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) >
Subfamily: Antilopinae
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Sable, Chobe National Park, Botswana. [photo Coke
Smith
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Sable, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
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Sable, Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya.
[photo
Crazy Kanga ©] |
Sable, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
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