Angolan giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani), Angola (Photograph by Brian Huntley).    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference

Angolan giant sable antelope ( '' Hippotragus niger variani ''), Angola (Photograph by Brian Huntley).    From Wordnik.com.  [Angola country profile] Reference

She stopped before a diorama of a family group of the giant sable antelope of the now extinct Angolan variety, Hippotragus niger variant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seventh Scroll]

Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus, addax Addax nasomaculatus (E) and scimitar oryx Oryx dammah (E) have disappeared from the region, the latter very recently.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria] Reference

The vast herds of large mammals, such as eland (Taurotragus oryx) and sable (Hippotragus niger), that once roamed the foothills of this ecoregion are long gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference

Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) and West African savanna buffalo (Syncerus caffer brachyceros) are also mostly restricted to protected areas in this ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [West Sudanian savanna] Reference

Greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros, sable antelope Hippotragus niger, (1,600) with eland, impala, nyasa wildebeest and hartebeest are typical of the miombo woodland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania] Reference

OK, I admit, I read that from Jim, and it's based on some rotting dead lion found impaled on the horns of Hippotragus Niger, which appears to have died, too, my guess is from starvation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Much Ado about Nothing (With apologies to the worshipful Wm.] Reference

Sadly, two others are now extinct: the blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus), hunted to extinction by 1800, and the famous quagga (Equus burchelii quagga), hunted to extinction the 1850s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lowland fynbos and renosterveld] Reference

Small populations of roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), red-fronted gazelle (Gazella rufifrons), dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas), and dama gazelle (Gazella dama) are believed to still exist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna] Reference

Sadly, two other large mammls once found here are now extinct: the blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) was hunted to extinction by 1800, and the famous quagga (Equus burchelii quagga) was hunted to extinction the 1850s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Montane fynbos and renosterveld] Reference

The overall paucity of large animals in this ecoregion favors the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), one of the mammals largely restricted to this habitat type, as it prefers habitats that have few competitors or carnivores.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Miombo woodlands] Reference

Two of the most interesting mammals that once lived on the Cape are now extinct: the bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus) and the quagga (Equus quagga), a subspecies of the plains zebra that had no stripes on the rear part of its body, both disappeared in the 1800s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the Cape Floristic Region] Reference

While only poor-quality browsing is available, this ecoregion hosts a rich assortment of large mammals, some bulk feeders like the African elephant (Loxodonta africana), some specialized feeders such as the sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), and some, such as the tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), that utilize the wetlands scattered throughout this ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference

Greater kudu (T. strepsiceros), hartbeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), steenbok (Aepyceros melampus), sable (Hippotragus niger) and roan antelope (H. equinus) are found in fewer numbers, generally preferring the woodland margins of inundated grasslands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zambezian flooded grasslands] Reference

The large mammal fauna in this area includes roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), red buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), elephant (Loxodonta africana), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) and eland (Taurotragus oryx), which are represented in the Kisama National Park.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands] Reference

There is a wide variety of wildlife to be found here including herds of elephant (Loxodonta africana), buffalo, giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), blue wildebeest, red hartebeest, tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), gemsbok, kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and eland, as well as all the large predators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands] Reference

Among these are the brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea), African civet (Civettictis civetta), leopard (Panthera pardus), sable (Hippotragus niger), pangolin (Manis temminckii), honey badger (Mellivora capensis), striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha), aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), oribi (Ourebia ourebi), and mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Highveld grasslands] Reference

Hippo (Hippotragus amphibius) is found in almost all of the ecoregion’s prominent floodplains, numbering between 2,000 and 3,000 in Mweru Marsh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zambezian flooded grasslands] Reference

The roan antelope’s (Hippotragus equinus) cautious behavior has also allowed it to withstand poaching pressure to some degree and it is widespread throughout the Central African Republic, in low to moderate densities.    From Wordnik.com.  [East Sudanian savanna] Reference

Large-bodied antelope species such as sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (H. equinus) and Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (Signoceros lichtensteinii) are specialized feeders able to select high-quality growing shoots of tall grass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference

The Nyika Plateau is undoubtedly one of the most significant areas of the ecoregion, as it is home to south-central Africa’s richest orchid flora, totaling 214 species, as well as 400 bird species and important populations of reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), zebra (Equus burchelli) and eland (Tragelaphus oryx).    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference

In contrast, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii) and sable (Hippotragus niger) – whose centers of distribution are both in the miombo ecoregions of the Central African Plateau – move into the better watered drainage lines and grasslands during the dry winters, retreating to firmer ground and more wooded areas at the onset of flooding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zambezian coastal flooded savanna] Reference

Other animals typical of forest-savanna mosaics include waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), Buffon’s kob (Kobus kob), patas monkey (Cercopithicus patas), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic] Reference

Burchell’s zebra (Equus burchelli), eland (Taurotragus oryx), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), oribi (Ourebia ourebi), and roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) are described as being indigenous to the montane grassland areas, but it is unlikely that populations of these large mammals survive in the ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference

Other ungulate species found in the area include tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), oribi (Ourebia ourebi), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), zebra (Equus burchelli), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), sable antelope (H. niger), kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), and Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (Signoceros lichtensteinii).    From Wordnik.com.  [Western Zambezian grasslands] Reference

Other species include elephant (Loxodonta africana) giraffe (Giraffa camelopardus), Hartmann’s zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae), black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), eland (Taurotragus oryx), kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), roan (Hippotragus equines), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), Damara dik-dik (Madoqua kirki) and the vulnerable, near-endemic black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi).    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan Mopane woodlands] Reference

The Zambezian and Mopane Woodlands can be clearly distinguished from moister savannas represented by miombo woodlands based on differences in their faunal assemblages: species such as side-striped jackal (Canis adustus), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), and Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus licthensteini) are associated with the miombo, while the black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), and impala (Aepyceros melampus) are identified with the Zambezian and Mopane Woodlands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zambezian and Mopane woodlands] Reference

There are also buffalo Syncerus caffer, roan Hippotragus equinus, giant eland Taurotragus derbianus (about 1,000), Guinea baboon Papio papio, green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus, patas monkey Erythrocebus patas, bay colobus Colobus badius temmincki, all three African crocodiles: Nile Crocodylus niloticus, slender-snouted C. cataphractus (V) and dwarf Osteolaemus tetraspis, four tortoise species, and hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius, which is present in all three large watercourses in the park.    From Wordnik.com.  [Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal] Reference

Ungulates include zebra (Equus burchelli), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), sable antelope (H. niger), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), kudu (T. strepsiceros), sitatunga (T. spekei), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), impala (Aepyceros melampus subsp. melampus), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), oribi (Ourebia ourebi), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), eland (Taurotragus oryx), blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), puku (K. vardoni), and lechwe (K. lechwe).    From Wordnik.com.  [Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands] Reference