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Southern african antelope

Africa with the most extensive wildlife show on earth has an amazing variety of antelope or buck as they are called locally

Sable antelope

A majestic and handsome antelope with a shiny black/dark brown upper coat, white underparts and inner thighs.

Their facial markings are black and white with a long erect main which runs from the top of the neck to the shoulder.

Both sexes have horns which are long, transversely ridged with a very
pronounced backwards curve and long narrow ears.

Principally grazers they will browse particularly in the dry season and
are dependent upon water

Sables live in areas of light woodland-especially "miombo," a mixture of bush and grassland- but usually avoid open, grassy plains

Sable Pawprint

Roan antelope

Lechwe is a semi-aquatic antelope often moving in very large herds of several hundred. They graze knee deep on the flood plain grasses.

At high water, massive herds may be seen along the upper flood line and in the open grassland further south.

As the floods recede the herds move north into the grassy floodplain. They feed on grasses and herbs in water up to a meter deep

Mating takes place mainly between December and January. Males fight over small territories known as leks and then mate with several females.

There are three kinds of lechwe found in Zambia.

The Black Lechwe is the darkest of the three, with a rich blackish brown coat and is found only in the Bangweulu swamps.

The Kafue Lechwe has larger and longer horns than the other two species with dark shoulder patches and a light brown coat. It is found in the floodplains of Lochinvar.

The Red Lechwe found in the Busanga area of Kafue National Park is yellowish red in colour and dark brown markings on the legs.

Sable are gregarious and diurnal nimals and will live in groups consisting of herds of females with their young, male bachelor groups and solitary dominant males

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Lechwe antelope

Lechwe is a semi-aquatic antelope often moving in very large herds of several hundred.

They graze knee deep on the flood plain grasses.

At high water, massive herds may be seen along the upper flood line and in the open grassland

As the floods recede the herds move into the grassy floodplain. They feed on grasses and herbs in water up to a meter deep

Mating takes place mainly between December and January. Males fight over small territories known as leks and then mate with several females.

There are three kinds of lechwe found in Zambia.

The Black Lechwe is the darkest of the three, with a rich blackish brown coat and is found only in the Bangweulu swamps of Zambia.

The Kafue Lechwe has larger and longer horns than the other two species with dark shoulder patches and a light brown coat. It is found in the floodplains of Lochinvar.

The Red Lechwe found in the Busanga area of Kafue National Park is yellowish red in colour and dark brown markings on the legs