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Sable Antelope

Hippotragus niger (Harris, 1838) — also called Southern Sable Antelope, Giant Sable, Giant Sable (variani). Occurrence records of the Sable Antelope are shared on GBIF from around 27 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Tswalu Kalahari Reserve (23 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernBovidae
27reserves with records
115records around them
9provinces
LCIUCN category
Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger)
Photo: Paulmaz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserveNC Northern Cape23
Kruger National ParkNational parkLP Limpopo17
Addo Elephant National ParkNational parkEC Eastern Cape14
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal6
Pilanesberg National ParkGame reserveNW North West4
Mokala National ParkNational parkNC Northern Cape4
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal3
Dikhololo Game ReserveGame reserveNW North West3
SterkfonteinProtected heritage siteGP Gauteng3
Diepsloot NatuurreservaatNature reserveGP Gauteng3
Bolt's FarmProtected heritage siteGP Gauteng3
Crocodile River ReserveNature reserveGP Gauteng2
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserveNC Northern Cape2
Willem Pretorius Game ReserveProtected areaFS Free State2
SwartkransProtected heritage siteGP Gauteng2
Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserveLP Limpopo2
El Dorado PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserveLP Limpopo2
Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserveGP Gauteng2
Rustenburg NatuurreservaatNature reserveNW North West2
Atherstone Nature ReserveProtected areaLP Limpopo2
Lapalala WildernessGame reserveLP Limpopo2
Vredefort Dome core areaProtected areaNW North West2
Hottentots-HollandProtected areaWC Western Cape2
Manyeleti Game ReservePrivate game reserveMP Mpumalanga2
Kgaswane Nature Reserve RustenburgNature reserveNW North West2
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserveNW North West2
Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature ReserveNature reserveGP Gauteng2

By province

Gauteng
7 reserves
North West
6 reserves
Limpopo
5 reserves
Northern Cape
3 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal
2 reserves
Free State
1 reserve
Eastern Cape
1 reserve
Western Cape
1 reserve
Mpumalanga
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Bovidae
Scientific name
Hippotragus niger
GBIF taxon
2441031
Wikidata
Q239381

More of the Bovidae family

ImpalaBushbuckBlue WildebeestBontebokGreater KuduBush DuikerNyalaCommon ElandWaterbuckAfrican BuffaloSpringbokKlipspringerRed HartebeestSteenbokSouthern ReedbuckCape GrysbokGemsbokBlack WildebeestVaal RhebokMountain ReedbuckRed DuikerBlue DuikerCommon TsessebeHartebeestOribiRoan AntelopeSharpe's GrysbokSuniHimalayan Tahr

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.