genus Hippotragus

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Noun1.genus Hippotragus - sable antelopesgenus Hippotragus - sable antelopes      
Hippotragus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
Hippotragus niger, sable antelope - large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns
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The genus Hippotragus consists of four distinct subspecies and while the Angolan giant sable--H n variani--is classified as critically endangered the common sable is a much sought-after game species and its healthy populations in Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Botswana probably owe much to sport hunting.
Ingwalathi is the isiNdebele name for the sable antelope (Hippotragus niger)
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