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  2. Hirola - Wikipedia

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    The hirola (Beatragus hunteri), also called the Hunter's hartebeest or Hunter's antelope, is a critically endangered antelope species found as of now, only in Kenya along the border of Somalia. [3] It was first described by the big game hunter and zoologist H.C.V. Hunter in 1888.

  3. Hartebeest - Wikipedia

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    Alcelaphus lelwel x swaynei : Also known as the Neumann's hartebeest, named after traveller and hunter Arthur Henry Neumann. [35] This is considered to be a cross between the Lelwel hartebeest and Swayne's hartebeest. [32] The face is longer than that of the Swayne's hartebeest. The colour of the coat is a golden brown, paler towards the ...

  4. Hartbeespoort Dam - Wikipedia

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    The name of the dam means "dam at the gorge of the hartebeest" (a species of antelope) in Afrikaans. This "poort" in the Magaliesberg was a popular spot for hunters, where they cornered and shot the hartebeest. [2] The dam was originally designed for irrigation, which is currently its primary use, as well as for domestic and industrial use. [3]

  5. Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy - Wikipedia

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    The Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy is a community-based conservation area located in Garissa County, Kenya.The conservancy covers approximately 72 km 2.It is located along the eastern bank of the Tana River, and borders the former Tana River Primate Reserve (1976−2007).

  6. Arawale National Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Muchai, M. et al. (2007) The Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Use of the Hunter's Hartebeest (Hirola); Beatragus hunteri; Sclater, 1889 in Ishaqibini Community Wildlife Conservancy and Arawale National Reserve, Kenya. National Museums of Kenya.

  7. Alcelaphinae - Wikipedia

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    The subfamily Alcelaphinae (or tribe Alcelaphini), [1] [2] of the family Bovidae, contains the wildebeest, tsessebe, topi, hartebeest, blesbok and bontebok, and several other related species. Depending on the classification, there are 6–10 species placed in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus ...

  8. Rock engravings of Oued Djerat - Wikipedia

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    The dog may have been the hunters' helper. The hunting scenes (ostrich, rhinoceros, sheep or gazelle) show that this activity remained essential for the populations of Oued Djerat. One of them, at station XLVII, shows three men who, in order to capture a hartebeest, try to immobilize it by the horns with ties.

  9. Rock art of the Djelfa region - Wikipedia

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    In the stage of Hunters the authors gather the depictions of the large wild fauna: ancient buffalo (or Hartebeest), elephants, rhinoceros, lions, ostriches and human figures. Of the seventeen buffalo recorded in the region, twelve belong to the large, naturalistic art and are similar to those of the south-Oranian.