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The southern sable antelope (H. n. niger; also known as the common sable antelope, black sable antelope, Matsetsi sable antelope or South Zambian sable antelope) is regarded as the nominate subspecies, as it was the first one to be described and named in 1838. Often referred to as the black sable antelope because it tends to have the darkest ...
Puku (Kobus vardonii) – a mid-sized antelope with a fuzzy coat, common on dambos and other wet grasslands of northern/north-western Zambia; Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) – large antelope with a deep brown or black coat, white belly and face, with long backward-arching horns, very similar to a roan antelope
Lichtenstein's hartebeest Oribi African buffalo Yellow-backed duiker Sable antelope Puku. The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic ...
In 2010 he produced Sable Antelope calves by means of Fixed Time Artificial Insemination with frozen thawed semen. He became the first person in the world to produce Sable Antelope calves by means of embryo transfers in 2011. Following his success he produced the first cross type between Zambian Sable Antelope embryo calves born out of southern ...
The fauna is diverse. The grasses, shrubs and trees sustain many large mammals including black rhino, Cape buffalo, African elephants, and antelopes such as elands, sable antelope, roan antelope, Lichtenstein's hartebeest, and sitatunga.
Kafue National Park is the largest national park in Zambia, covering an area of about 22,400 km 2 (similar in size to Wales or Massachusetts).It is the second largest national park in Africa [2] and is home to 152 different species of mammals. [1]
The park is home to over 3,000 African bush elephants, and roan antelope, sable antelope, puku, impala, Grant's zebra, and kudu. Several endangered species including Cape wild dog and South African cheetah are also present. Since 2005, the protected area is considered a Lion Conservation Unit. [3]
Sable antelope; Sakeji horseshoe bat; Selous's mongoose; Serval; Sharpe's grysbok; Ansell's shrew; Pitman's shrew; Single-striped grass mouse; Sitatunga; South-central black rhinoceros; Southeast African cheetah; Southern giant pouched rat; Southern reedbuck; Southern white rhinoceros; South African springhare; Steenbok; Sykes' monkey