Blaubock Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766)
English: Bluebuck; French: Hippotrague bleu; Afrikaans: Blaauwbok
Former distribution: Cape Province of South Africa.
Present distribution: Extinct 1800.
Behaviour: See Pferdeantilope
Population status: Extinct. The Bluebuck was the first African big game animal which became extinct as a result of uncontrolled hunting and grazing competition by sheep.
Brief notes:
Body weight: 160-170 kg
Head and body length: 200-206 cm
Tail length: 50-55 cm
Shoulder height: 105-116 cm
Gestation period: No records.
Maximum age : No records.
Trophy: Horn length 34-62 cm.
Remarks: Mounted specimens are in museums of Vienna, Stockholm, Paris and Leiden, and a skull in the Hunterian Museum of the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
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