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title: "Sabelantilope"
description: "Hippotragus niger — Zoogdieren. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sable-antelope
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sabelantilope

> Hippotragus niger — Zoogdieren. 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.

- Scientific name: *Hippotragus niger*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2188
- Wikidata: [Q239381](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239381)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42334](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42334)

## Names

- en: Sable Antelope
- de: Rappenantilope
- es: Antílope sable
- fr: Hippotrague noir
- nl: Sabelantilope
- pl: Antylopowiec szablorogi

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (850), BW (276), NA (186), MW (136), ZW (135), ZM (58), KE (38), MZ (34), TZ (16), AO (4), SZ (3)

## Summary

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: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable_antelope

## Photo

![Sabelantilope](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sable-antelope/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190513918

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sable-antelope?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).