African antelope is a member of a large group of animals. It contains species that vary significantly in size. For example, the dik-dik antelope has the size of a hare. There are also species that reach the growth of the bull - this is a type of antelope canna. These animals live in different climatic conditions.
As you know, antelopes have many common external features with ordinary bulls. For example, their hooves look like. In addition, the African antelope belongs to ruminants. Eating plants, she does not swallow them, and during rest she chews food again. This nutritional technique allows livestock to make maximum use of all the nutrients of food.
The hallmark of all these animals is their horns. They are strong bone rods that develop on outgrowths of their frontal bones. These rods are dressed in special horn covers. Horn covers grow throughout the life of the antelope along with the rods. Horns are not dumped every year, like roe deer and deer. Horns can be very different. For some, they look like small tips. The antelope, whose species are called Oryx and Kudu, has long horns. In Kudu, they not only have significant
length, but also a very interesting spiral shape. African antelope canna wears horns facing each other. As for impala, animals of this species are characterized by beautiful lyre-shaped horns. They are used, as a rule, for fights with dangerous rivals. The gazelle subfamily comprises sixteen species of antelopes that live in different parts of Africa and Asia.
Beautiful African wildebeest lives exclusively in Africa. When there is enough water and food for her, the animal can remain in one place for a rather long period. With drought, hunger and thirst, wildebeest always gather in herds and go on a long journey. Throughout the whole year, African antelopes can go after the rains, because in those places where it will pass, low but nutritious grass grows quickly.
Sweet sitatunga lives almost throughout Africa in forest swamps. It is considered a large, mainly nocturnal, semi-aquatic animal. It is grazed, as a rule, in reeds and sedge thickets. Prefers to dine with leaves of undersized trees and shrubs. This beautiful antelope swims perfectly, escaping from its pursuers. She knows how to dive well. Sitatunga gets along well in almost any swamp. She has very wide and long hooves, which provides her with support on silty soft ground.
Bushbock is a representative of medium-sized antelopes. It occurs most often in South-West Africa, not far from dense thickets of bushes. There the animal takes refuge when it senses danger. Males, as a rule, are much larger than females. Their height reaches about one meter at the withers, and the mass is up to eighty kilograms. Horns are ribbed and spiral, up to sixty centimeters long. As a rule, the color varies from yellowish brown to black.
