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Suni
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see antelope.
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Antelope - name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family which also includes the sheep and goats.
Suni antelope
Taxonomy Neotragus moschatus [Von Dueben, 1846]. Citation: In Sundevall, Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl., Stockholm, 3(7):221. Type locality: Tanzania, Chapani Isl., 2 mi. (3 km) from Zanzibar.
Suni are dwarf antelope with t slender build and relatively high hindquarters. Measured at the shoulder, they are 12-16 inches high, and they weigh a maximum of 18 pounds.
The suni ranges throughout the eastern and southern coastal regions of Africa from south-eastern Kenya to Natal and Transvaal (north-eastern South Africa ), also being recorded from the islands of Zanzibar and Mafia in Tanzania (Wilson & Reeder, ...
Suni live in thick undergrowth and dense forests. Usually found in pairs roaming and protecting their territory, they vary in color from light brown to dark reddish brown. Only males have horns which are ringed and slope backward level with the snout.
Suni
Africa Mammals Guide Information: This petite antelope stands only 350mm at the shoulders, and rams weigh only 5 Kg. Ewes are slightly larger and weighs 5.4 Kg. Light-brown to chestnut coat, fading slightly at the flanks. White...
* suni
* tibetan antelope
* topi
* waterbuck
* wildebeest
Imports: Blackbuck antelope have been imported into the United States, primarily for the purpose of "exotic game hunts," common and popular in Texas.
Bates's Pygmy Antelope (N. batesi) Â- Suni (N. moschatus) Â- Royal Antelope (N. pygmaeus)
Oreotragus
Klipspringer (O. oreotragus) ...
Samango monkey, Bontebok, roan, suni, lion, leopard, blue duiker.
Protected ...
Some antelopes include the gazelle, eland, impala, springbok, klipspringer, oryx, saiga, waterbuck, suni, hartebeests, topi, nyala, bongo, dik-dik, kob, duiker, gemsbok, etc. They are hunted by lions, leopards, wild dogs, and other predators.
Neotragus is represented by the pigmy royal antelope (N. pygmaeus) of Guinea; Hylarnus includes one species from Cameroon and a second from the Semliki forest; while Nesotragus comprises the East African suni antelopes, N. moschatus and N.
 See also: Antelope, Sheep, Gazelle, Waterbuck, Cattle
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