Among these antelopes, only the males have long and strong horns, regularly discarded. They are ringed on the entire length except at the end. The female is smaller than the male and doesn’t have horns.
Description
- Family : Bovidae, Bovidae
- Habitat : bush savannah and gallery forests in Africa
- Food : grasses and aquatic plants
- Weight : 250 kg (male)
- Shoulder height : 1,3 m
- Lifespan : 16 years
- Gestation : 9 months
- Young per birth : 1
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Animal's legal status :
- UICN : NT - near-threatened (2008)
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