African Hartebeest
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
An alert male hartebeest stands atop an anthill, advertising his territory.
Surrounded by flat-topped acacia trees, this herd is kept company by a resting
straight-horned oryx. Hartebeest live in the grassy plains of the African savannah.
Until the early decades of this century, vast herds of game--hartebeest, oryx,
antelopes, and other ungulates--populated the savannahs. In most places, those
herds have dwindled significantly.
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