Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Young Topi?

  • jcbrstege by jcbrstege

    Is this a young Topi?

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  • dms246 by dms246 moderator

    Not an easy one, but on balance, I'd be more inclined to classify this as a young hartebeest. The colouring seems more in line with hartebeest, and the shape forming in those horns, along with the extended ridge at their base (which I suspect will eventually develop into the fused horn base of the hartebeest horn shape), make me think it's more likely to be a hartebeest.

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