Sable antelope: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Sable antelope Hippotragus niger Least concern

Where the sable antelope lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 714 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats on the world map

Scientific name	Hippotragus niger
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the sable antelope live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sable antelope in 6 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the sable antelope endangered?

The sable antelope’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the sable antelope?

The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Hippotragus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the sable antelope

The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, with a separated population in Angola.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sable antelope (revision 1378376495), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q239381 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).