The giant sable antelope or royal sable antelope, also known in Portuguese as the palanca-negra-gigante, is a large, rare subspecies of the sable antelope native and endemic to the region between the Cuango and Luando Rivers in Angola.
Giant sable antelope
Stuffed specimen in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Male and Female in Angola
The sable antelope 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.
Image: Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) adult male
Image: Sable (Hippotragus niger) female crossing the road (16635641913), crop
Adult male in Chobe National Park, Botswana
Juvenile animal in captivity