Roan Antelope
Hippotragus equinus
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Roan antelope
Taxonomy Hippotragus equinus [Desmarest, 1804]. Citation: Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris, p. 24. Type locality: N South Africa, Lataku (= Takoon)
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Roan antelope are brave animals. If threatened by a predator, including lions, they will confront it, using their scimitar-shaped horns. Many of these big cats have died during such fights.
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Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)
Zorilla (Ictonyx striatus)
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)
Neolemonniera (Neolemonniera clitandrifolia)
African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
Vagrant emperor (Anax ephippiger)
European honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus) ...
Roan Antelope (H. equinus) Â- Sable Antelope (H. niger)
Oryx
East African Oryx (O. beisa) Â- Scimitar Oryx (O. dammah) Â- Gemsbok (O. gazella) Â- Arabian Oryx (O. leucoryx) ...
In contrast to the roan antelope Hippotragus equinus of the same genus, the sable antelope is immune to anthrax.
The second group, which is mainly African, but also represented in Syria, is that of the Hippotraginae, typified by the sable antelope (Hip potragus niger) and roan antelope (H. equinus), but also including the oryxes (Oryx) and addax.
It resembles the larger roan antelope, to which it is closely related. Among its distinctive features are its long horns, some 40 to 65 inches long. The ringed horns rise vertically, then sweep backwards in a pronounced curve.
The Sable is a rotund, barrel chested antelope with a short neck and a long face. It resembles the larger roan antelope, to which it is closely related. Among its distinctive features are its long horns, some 40 to 65 inches long.
The sable antelope and the closely related roan antelope have enormous, backward-curved, scimitar-shaped horns. Gazelle is the name for a number of small, delicate antelopes with spreading horns, inhabiting deserts and grassy plains.
 See also: Antelope, Hippo, Eland, Sable, Sable Antelope
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