CAPE OR RED HARTEBEEST

Alcelaphus buselaphus caama
Distribution: Much of Namibia, extending into southern Angola and throughout the Kalahari region of Botswana. Vagrants occasionally wander into western Zimbabwe. Private ranches in South Africa.
Description: The large hartebeest with a long face and a high frontal pedicel. The general color is some shade of bright reddish brown. The forehead is black and there is a dark facial blaze that is interrupted by a lighter band between the eyes. The horns (both sexes) grow slightly out and back from the pedicel, then up and forward, and finally bend sharply backward.
CITES: Not listed.