Hippotragus niger Harris 1838 (sable antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Belongs to Hippotragus according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 1999

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008

Sister taxa: Hippotragus bohlini, Hippotragus cookei, Hippotragus equinus, Hippotragus gigas, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Hippotragus niro, Hippotragus priscus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of South Africa (4 collections), Swaziland (1), Zambia (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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