Sitatunga
Tragelaphus spekii · Mammal
An amphibious antelope of Africa, often called an aquatic antelope, living in papyrus and reed swamps, marshy forest clearings and mangroves from Cameroon and the Congo to Botswana and Kenya. It feeds after dawn, before dusk and at night, much of it in the water, and escapes danger by submerging with only its nose and eyes above the surface. It keeps to the same trails through the reeds, so hunters snare it there or drive it into nets and deep water to spear it from boats, for meat and skins.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- Alone, at dawn and dusk
- Size
- Medium
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Tropical Rainforest, Flooded Grassland, Swamp, Marsh, Mangrove
Gives
Sitatunga Meat, Sitatunga Hide
Sources
- Sitatunga. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Sitatunga. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
- Marcy Coash, Tragelaphus spekii (sitatunga). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2000.
- Sudd. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
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