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The sable antelope (''Hippotragus niger'') is an antelope which inhabits wooded savannah in East Africa south of Kenya, and in Southern Africa. ==Subspecies== ''Hipotrachus niger'' has four subspecies: *''Hipotrachus niger niger'' or Black Sable'' (also known as the Matsetsi sable and Zambian)'' is regarded as the ‘typical' sable as it was the first to be described and named in 1838. Often referred to as the black sable because it tends to have the darkest coat, this subspecies occurs south of the Zambezi River, particularly in northern Botswana and large numbers in the Matsetsi valley of Zimbabwe but is also found in Southern Africa. In South Africa most of the commercial sable farmers crossed their Matsetsi sables (Indeginous to South Africa) with western Zambian sables in the hope to move nearer to the nearly extinct giant sable (that was larger with bigger horns.) Currently the believe is that there are only about 15% pure Matsesti sables in South Africa. The Matsetsi sable population in Zimbabwe is only 450. (was 24,000 in 1994).The sable population in South Africa is about 7000 (Commercial and in reserves). Therefore, it can be concluded that the Matsesti sable population is less than 1500 and declining daily. Fortunately most of the sables in the reserves are pure Matsetsi sables. Anglo- American recently started a program of breeding pure Matsetsi sables commercially and keeping them pure.〔http://exoticgamefreestate.com/?page_id=30〕〔http://www.wpazambia.com/Articles/Archive/Western%20Zambian%20Sable.html〕 *''Hipotrachus niger variani'' the Giant sable antelope or ''royal sable'' is so named because the horns of both sexes are recognisably longer. Found only in a few remaining localities in central Angola. It is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List, and is listed on Appendix I of CITES. *''Hipotrachus niger kirkii'' the common sable or southern sable or ''West Zambie sable'' of central Angola, western Zambia and Malawi has the largest geographical range, which extends north of the Zambezi River through Zambia, south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi into south-western Tanzania. It is classified as vulnerable 〔http://www.theecologist.org/green_green_living/out_and_about/1246201/sable_shenanigans_how_zambias_sable_population_is_falling_prey_to_unscrupulous_traders.html〕〔http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/world/sable-south-africa.html#cr〕 *''Hipotrachus niger roosevelti'' the eastern sable or ''Shimba sable'' is the smallest of the races. It occurs in the coastal hinterlands of southern Kenya, particularly in the Shimba Hills National Park, and ranges through the region east of Tanzania's eastern escarpment and into northern Mozambique.〔〔http://www.gamevest.co.za/breeding/sable/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sable antelope」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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