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21/10/2019
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# Top 10 Antelopes(Namibia)
# The Most Amazing Antelopes In Southern Africa
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The following list is made of Antelopes the roam the vast majority of the Namibian Plains.
# 1.Kirk's Dik Dik(Madoqua Kirkii)
Kirk’s dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii), a small antelope that lives in eastern and southwestern Africa, has a few special characteristics that help it survive in its arid habitat. Its unusual, elongated nose is one example. The long snout helps the antelope regulate its body temperature. When it’s hot, the dik-dik pants through its nose to cool off.
# 2.Springbok(Antidorcas Marsupialis)
East (1999) estimated the total population in southern Africa at more than 670,000, noting that it was probably an underestimate. Recent estimates for Namibia alone put the population at 730,000, itself an underestimate (P. Lindeque, in Skinner 2013). Elsewhere in the range, Skinner (2013) has estimated that numbers are probably in the order of 10,000 for Angola, 40,000 in the Botswana side of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (and an additional 60,000 at least in the rest of the country), 75,000 in the Free State, 75,000 in the former Transvaal provinces, 1,000,000 in the Karoo and about 100,000 in the Cape
# 3.Giant Eland(Taurotragus Oryx)
The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus Taurotragus. An adult male is around 1.6 metres (5') tall at the shoulder (females are 20 centimetres (8") shorter) and can weigh up to 942 kg (2,077 lb) with an average of 500–600 kg (1,100–1,300 lb), 340–445 kg (750–981 lb) for females). It is the second largest antelope in the world, being slightly smaller on average than the giant eland.[3] It was scientifically described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766.
# 4.Impala(Aepyceros Melampus)
Impalas are medium-sized antelopes that roam the savanna and light woodlands of eastern and southern Africa. In the rainy season, when food is plentiful, they may gather in large herds of several hundred animals to browse on grasses and herbs, bushes, shrubs, and shoots.
# 5.Defassa Waterbuck(Kobus Ellipsiprymnus)
Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus, one of biggest antelopes on Lolldaiga Hills Ranch (Laikipia County, central Kenya), are found throughout the Ranch but prefer the higher grasslands and vegetation along the streams and dams of central and south Lolldaiga. Waterbucks are, as their name indicates, highly water-depended. They are limited in their ability to conserve water and are unable to endure dry periods in hot environments.
# 6.Gemsbok(Oryx Gazella)
There are four species of oryx living in Africa and the Middle East. They are large antelopes with long, spear-like horns — with the Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) being the largest of the oryx species. They are a true desert animal, with a thick, horse-like neck; a short mane; and a compact, muscular body. A defined pattern of black markings that contrast with their white face and fawn-colored body are prominently displayed during dominance rituals to emphasize the length of their horns and the strength of their shoulders.
# 7.Greater Kudu(Tragelaphus Strepsiceros)
Kudu, two species of spiral-horned antelopes (tribe Tragelaphini, family Bovidae). The very large greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is common in southern African wildlife reserves. The svelte lesser kudu (T. imberbis) is an elusive dweller in the arid lowland thornbush of northeast and East Africa. Both species have corkscrew horns (in males only), depend on cover for food and concealment, and form small herds.
# 8.Sable Antelope(Hippotragus Niger)
The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, with a separate population in Angola
# 9.Roan Antelope(Hippotragus Equinus)
Roan antelope occur from south Sahara to Botswana. Two subspecies, H. equinus kobc and H. equinus bokeri, occupy the northern savannah of Africa from Chad to Ethiopia. The other two subspecies, H. equinus equinus and H. equinus cottoni, are located in the southern savannah of Africa in south and central Africa.
# 10.Lichtenstein's Hartebeest(Sigmoceros Lichtensteinii)
Lichtenstein’s Hartebeest is a large antelope occurring in marshland and floodplains and the adjacent grasslands and woodlands of East-Central Africa, where they subsist almost exclusively on a grazing diet and requires daily access to drinking water. Bulls can weigh up to 200kg with a shoulder height of up to 1.36m, with cows being slightly smaller. These hartebeests often have a dirty patch on their flanks, due to their habit of wiping their faces and horns clean against their sides.
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A little Honourable mention for the Common Duiker(Sylvicapra Grimmia) that didn't make the list, this time round but still loved by many in this part of the world.
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