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Size: A5
Medium: Staedtler watercolour pencils and ballpoint pen

This is the next creature feature in 'The A-Z of extinct animals' and yes, I do know the bluebuck was generally free of all facial markings, I just decided to add them in, basing them on that of a Sable Antelope.

-The bluebuck is an extinct species of antelope that lived in South Africa until around 1800.
-It measured 47 inches tall at its withers. Its horns measure 56.5 centimetres (22.2 in) along the curve. The coat was a uniform bluish-grey, with a pale whitish belly.
-The first published mention of the bluebuck is from 1681.
-It was the first large African mammal to face extinction in historical times, followed by the quagga in 1883.
-Only four mounted skins of the animal remain.
-The results of sea level changes may have played a role in the decline of the species, and left only the southern population to survive into historical times and even then by the time European settlers arrived it already seemed to have a low level of genetic diversity, which confirms its population size was low by the time of European colonization.
- It was depicted in rock paintings and mentioned in Jule’s Verne’s ‘Five Weeks in a Balloon.’

Please do not copy, edit, steal or use without my permission!

Description
Size: A5
Medium: Staedtler watercolour pencils and ballpoint pen

This is the next creature feature in 'The A-Z of extinct animals' and yes, I do know the bluebuck was generally free of all facial markings, I just decided to add them in, basing them on that of a Sable Antelope.

-The bluebuck is an extinct species of antelope that lived in South Africa until around 1800.
-It measured 47 inches tall at its withers. Its horns measure 56.5 centimetres (22.2 in) along the curve. The coat was a uniform bluish-grey, with a pale whitish belly.
-The first published mention of the bluebuck is from 1681.
-It was the first large African mammal to face extinction in historical times, followed by the quagga in 1883.
-Only four mounted skins of the animal remain.
-The results of sea level changes may have played a role in the decline of the species, and left only the southern population to survive into historical times and even then by the time European settlers arrived it already seemed to have a low level of genetic diversity, which confirms its population size was low by the time of European colonization.
- It was depicted in rock paintings and mentioned in Jule’s Verne’s ‘Five Weeks in a Balloon.’

Please do not copy, edit, steal or use without my permission!