Sable antelope
| Sable antelope | |
|---|---|
| Adult male or bull, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa | |
| Adult female or cow crossing the road in Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Hippotraginae |
| Genus: | Hippotragus |
| Species: | H. niger |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippotragus niger (Harris, 1838) | |
| geographic range | |
The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, with a separated population in Angola.