Roan antelope

Hippotragus equinus · Bovidae

The roan antelope is a large, savanna-dwelling antelope found in Western, Southern, and parts of Central and Eastern Africa. Named for its roan colour, it has a lighter-toned underbelly and a (mostly) white face and snout, but with a black "mask" around the eyes and on the bridge of the snout, being somewhat lighter in females. Additionally, a pair of formidable, recurved horns are present on the heads of both males and females, albeit larger on the males, growing up to 100 cm long.

Where the Roan antelope lives

Recorded in Benin, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Niger, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Malawi (Africa).

Most records fall in Atakora, Alibori, Borgou, North-West, Northern Cape and Limpopo.

See the Roan antelope’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 4,964 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.