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Aepyceros melampus

High Plains DriftersEveryone who goes on safari or game viewing drives in Africa wants to see the Big Five: lion, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo,and leopard. Magnificent as those animals are, experienced game viewers are also on the lookout for the less dramatic but nevertheless equally interesting High Plains Drifters - the antelopes. Part of the ungulate family, antelopes come in all sizes with different species in different regions of the continent. They are browsers and grazers, sometimes roaming far and wide across the plains of the Serengeti, sometimes establishing semi-permanent territories in which mating and rearing of young takes place, sometimes following the herds of wildebeest - one of the most prevalent of the large antelopes. This Feature looks at some of the species I photographed in Tarangire and the Serengeti during my recent Tanzanian safari.
One species that I had never encountered before was the the topi (Damaliscus lu

Description
Aepyceros melampus

High Plains DriftersEveryone who goes on safari or game viewing drives in Africa wants to see the Big Five: lion, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo,and leopard. Magnificent as those animals are, experienced game viewers are also on the lookout for the less dramatic but nevertheless equally interesting High Plains Drifters - the antelopes. Part of the ungulate family, antelopes come in all sizes with different species in different regions of the continent. They are browsers and grazers, sometimes roaming far and wide across the plains of the Serengeti, sometimes establishing semi-permanent territories in which mating and rearing of young takes place, sometimes following the herds of wildebeest - one of the most prevalent of the large antelopes. This Feature looks at some of the species I photographed in Tarangire and the Serengeti during my recent Tanzanian safari.
One species that I had never encountered before was the the topi (Damaliscus lu