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Hippotragus equinus (roan antelope)

Wikipedia Abstract

The roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) is a savanna antelope found in West, Central, East Africa and Southern Africa. Roan antelope stand about a metre and half at the shoulder and weigh around 250 kilograms. Named for the "roan' colour (a reddish brown), they have a lighter underbelly, white eyebrows and cheeks and a black face, lighter in females. There is a short erect mane, a very light beard and prominent red nostrils.
View Wikipedia Record: Hippotragus equinus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.51
EDGE Score: 2.25
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  496.04 lbs (225.00 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  33.44 lbs (15.17 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Male Maturity [1]  2 years 3 months
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Gestation [1]  9 months 14 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  26 years
Weaning [1]  6 months 3 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Angolan Miombo woodlands Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands Angola Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
East African halophytics Tanzania Afrotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
East Sudanian savanna Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Guinean montane forests Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Itigi-Sumbu thicket Tanzania, Zambia Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Mandara Plateau mosaic Cameroon, Nigeria Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Saharan flooded grasslands Sudan Afrotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Southern Miombo woodlands Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
West Sudanian savanna Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic Gabon, Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Angola Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Zambezian flooded grasslands Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia Afrotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Bamingui-Bangoran Conservation Area National Park II 2783298 Central African Republic  
Dinder National Park II 2088300 Sudan  
Foret Classee de la Mare Aux Hippopotames Bird Reserve IV 37906 Burkina Faso  
Garamba National Park II 1237963 Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve   Mpumalanga, South Africa  
Mahale Mountains National Park II 398414 Tanzania
Mkhaya Game Reserve   Swaziland  
Parc National de la Benoue National Park II 414262 Cameroon  
Parc National de la Boucle du Baoule National Park II 977883 Mali  
Parc National de la Comoe National Park II 2902593 Côte d'Ivoire  
Parc National de Waza National Park II 349858 Cameroon  
Parc National du Niokolo-Koba National Park II 2046878 Senegal  
Radom National Park II   Sudan  
Reserve de la Biosphere de la Pendjari Biosphere Reserve 217453 Benin  
South Luangwa National Park II 2220358 Zambia  
Tassili N'Ajjer National Park II 24545308 Algeria  
Weenen Nature Reserve   Kwazulu Natal, South Africa  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe No
Guinean Forests of West Africa Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Togo No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Avitellina centripunctata[3]
Calicophoron calicophorum[3]
Calicophoron clavula <Unverified Name>[3]
Calicophoron microbothrium <Unverified Name>[3]
Calicophoron phillerouxi <Unverified Name>[3]
Calicophoron raja <Unverified Name>[3]
Calicophoron sukumum <Unverified Name>[3]
Carmyerius endopapillatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Carmyerius exoporus <Unverified Name>[3]
Carmyerius mancupatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Carmyerius papillatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Carmyerius spatiosus <Unverified Name>[3]
Cobboldina vivipara <Unverified Name>[3]
Cooperia curticei <Unverified Name>[3]
Cooperia fuelleborni <Unverified Name>[3]
Cotylophoron cotylophorum <Unverified Name>[3]
Explanatum explanatum <Unverified Name>[3]
Gigantocotyle symmeri <Unverified Name>[3]
Impalaia tuberculata <Unverified Name>[3]
Longistrongylus thalae <Unverified Name>[3]
Moniezia expansa (sheep tapeworm)[3]
Oesophagostomum eurycephalum <Unverified Name>[3]
Oesophagostomum mwanzae <Unverified Name>[3]
Oesophagostomum oldi <Unverified Name>[3]
Oesophagostomum simpsoni <Unverified Name>[3]
Paramphistomum clavula <Unverified Name>[3]
Paramphistomum phillerouxi <Unverified Name>[3]
Setaria hornbyi <Unverified Name>[3]
Stephanopharynx coilos <Unverified Name>[3]
Stephanopharynx compactus <Unverified Name>[3]
Stilesia hepatica <Unverified Name>[3]
Taenia crocutae <Unverified Name>[3]
Taenia hyaenae <Unverified Name>[3]
Taenia multiceps <Unverified Name>[3]
Thelazia rhodesi <Unverified Name>[3]
Trichostrongylus axei[3]
Trichuris globulosa[3]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Al Bustan Zoological Center
B. Bryan Preserve
 cottoni
BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo
 cottoni
Buffalo Zoological Gardenscottoni
Burger's Zoo
Denver Zoological Gardens
Disney's Animal Kingdom
 cottoni
Fossil Rim Wildlife Centercottoni
Jardim Zoologico / Lisbon Zoo
Marwell Wildlife
Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre
North of England Zoological Society
Oregon Wildlife Foundationcottoni
Parco Natura Viva
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Rostock Zoologischer Garten
Safari West
San Diego Wild Animal Parkcottoni
San Diego Zoocottoni
Schoenbrunner Tiergarten GmbH
Szeged Zoo
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
 langheldi
White Oak Conservation Center
 cottoni
Zoo Dortmund
Zoo Dvur Kralove, a.s.
Zoo Hannover GmbH
Zoologicka zahrada Liberec
Zoologischer Garten Schmiding

Range Map

Link to Map
Africa;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Grubb P., 22-Apr-2004, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
EDGE analysis provided by EDGE of Existence programme, Zoological Society of London
Range map provided by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011