Roan antelope
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| Roan Antelope Conservation status: Lower risk (cd) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Missing image Roan_bull_zambia01.jpg Young Roan Antelope (Ndevu, Zambia) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hippotragus equinus Desmarest, 1804 |
The Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus) is a grassland antelope found in West, Central and Southern Africa.
Roan Antelope stand about a metre and half at the shoulder and weigh around 250 kilograms. Roan Antelope are a roan colour with a lighter underbelly, white eyebrows and cheeks and a black face, lighter in females. there is a short erect mane and a very light beard. The horns are ringed and can reach a metre long in males, slightly shorter in females. They arch backwards slightly.
Roan Antelope are found in grasslands where they eat mid-length grass. They form harem groups of five to fifteen animals with a dominant male. Roan Antelope commonly fight among themselves for dominance of their herd, brandishing their horns while both animals are on their knees.