Snapshot Serengeti Talk

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  • lesleylupo by lesleylupo

    What is this? I am stuck with the brownish color and the stripe down its back. I do not see the stripe in any of the antelope's descriptions. It looks like a cross between an eland and a Grant's gazelle...

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  • maricksu by maricksu moderator in response to lesleylupo's comment.

    It is eland , they do have that stripe on back. It has been quite rare to see before, but this season many cameras are placed higher, so we will see animals also from this angle. The light affects the colour, but big size, long horns, shoulder hump, dewlap, tail with black tassel-tip and those black marks on the back of upper frontlegs are good cues in here 😃

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  • lesleylupo by lesleylupo

    Good, that's what I eventually put. Seemed too stocky for a Grant's. Thanks!

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