Roan Antelope
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Roan Antelope

Hippotragus equinus

Overview

The Okavango Delta and Bwabwata National Park are the two atlas places where the Roan Antelope is recorded. Records of this mammal concentrate in Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Malawi and Kenya. The atlas holds 1,302 open records of Hippotragus equinus from 12 countries.

Recorded seasons differ by region, and the months for each locality are listed on its individual place page.

Records
1,302
Countries
12
Atlas places
2
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Roan Antelope as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Benin
    25 km zone · high confidence · 1151 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Burkina Faso
    25 km zone · high confidence · 89 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Niger
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 50 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 11 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1 record · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Cameroon
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Eswatini
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Namibia
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Roan Antelope