The Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus) is a grassland antelope found in West, Central,East Africa and Southern Africa.

Roan Antelope stand about a metre and half at the shoulder and weigh around 250 kilograms. Roan Antelope are a roan colour with a lighter underbelly, white eyebrows and cheeks and a black face, lighter in females. There is a short erect mane, a very light beard and prominent red nostrils. The horns are ringed and can reach a metre long in males, slightly shorter in females. They arch backwards slightly.

Roan Antelope are found in grasslands where they eat mid-length grass. They form harem groups of five to fifteen animals with a dominant male. Roan Antelope commonly fight among themselves for dominance of their herd, brandishing their horns while both animals are on their knees.

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Grazing antelopes | Fauna of South Africa | Fauna of Namibia | Fauna of West Africa | Fauna of East Africa | Fauna of the Sahara | Fauna of Sudan | Fauna of Ethiopia | Fauna of Angola | Fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Fauna of the Congo | Fauna of Zambia

Bastergemsbok | Pferdeantilope | Arklinė antilopė | Fakó lóantilop | Roanantilope | Antylopa modra