Journeys Through Africa

Endangered and little known: Roan antelope

By RUPI MANGAT Above: The gate at Ruma National Park of the roan antelope. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: The East African Nation 14 April 2008 Only 40 surviving today – 2020. If you think that only the African Rhino and elephant are endangered or a target of poachers, you are wrong. There are many other […]

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Journeys Through Africa

Ruma the famous park for Roan, Rhino and Rothschild

Published: 15 September 2018 At the Nyatote gate of Ruma National Park in Lambwe Valley near Lake Victoria, metal casts of the roan antelope (Hippotragus equines langheldi) are nailed to the gates. This subspecies of the handsome antelope with a face that looks like it was painted by a make-up artist is only found in […]

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