Roan Antelope
The roan antelope is one of Africa’s largest bovids, only exceeded in size by the African buffalo and eland. They are browsers (leaf eater) and grazer.
Size: 4.5 - 5 feet at the shoulder weighing up to 700 pounds
Features: Both males and females have large slightly curved horns that grow to be about the same size, around 2.5 feet.
As a sexually monomorphic species, the best way to tell males and females apart is the black mask across their face. Males’ masks are slightly darker and extend farther down their cheeks.
Conservation Status: Least concern but declining with less than 60,000 remaining in small fragmented herds.
Range: West, Central, East and Southern Africa
Range area of Roan Antelope in Africa
