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The Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large African ungulate. It is an adoptable animal in Zoo Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon (Xbox).

Description[]

The sable antelope is a large thick-necked antelope of the genus Hippotragus (Horse-Goat) and is closely related to the Roan Antelope and extinct Bluebuck. It displays prominent sexual dimorphism, with males being heavier and taller than females. Male sable antelope have a dark brown or black coat, which gets darker as the individual gets older. Females tend to be lighter in coloration, but both feature a white chin and underbelly. Both sexes have large, backwards-arching horns which can reach up to 165cm (65in) in males and are slightly smaller in females, which they use to defend themselves from predators and for display.

The sable antelope lives in savannah woodlands and live in large herds of up to 30 females, their calves and a single adult male. Active during the daytime, they are herbivores, feeding on grasses and leaves, but may also chew on bones to obtain minerals. Most sable antelopes live in Eastern and Southern Africa. One extremely endangered subspecies, the Giant Sable Antelope, lives exclusively in Angola, separate from all other sable antelope subspecies.

Zoo Tycoon[]

The sable antelope is an adoptable animal in Zoo Tycoon. It was made available through an exclusive deal with Costco and Sam's Club stores and as such, it was not released on the main downloads page of the website or included as part of the Complete Collection, but instead was intended to only be available in exclusive Sable Antelope discs that came with certain copies of Zoo Tycoon. However, the original version of the file contained on some of these discs was nonfunctional, and a download was made available on a separate page of the official site to allow players to add the animal to their game alongside the Arctic Zoo Scenario which was also meant to come with the discs.

The sable antelope is a Savannah animal. It has little habitat requirements outside a small pool of fresh water and can be comfortably exhibited with several other savannah animals. Its preferred foliage is the Umbrella Thorn Tree, and its preferred shelter is the Large Stable. The sable antelope is an easy animal to get a high habitat suitability, able to have a habitat suitability of 100% without shelters and with Medium Savannah Rocks, provided the player clusters their foliage.

Zoo Tycoon (Xbox)[]

The Sable Antelope is an adoptable animal in Zoo Tycoon (Xbox) and is available in the base game, however it is not available in the Xbox 360 version of the game. It is unlocked when a zoo reaches a fame rating of 12.

The sable antelope is a Grasslands animal but can also be placed in the Savannah, Outback, Temperate Forest, Andean Plateau and Alpine biomes. It is compatible with elephants, giraffes, rhinos and other antelopes. Unlike its first appearance, the sable antelope in Zoo Tycoon (Xbox) is not sexually dimorphic, both males and females use the same model and textures, which is inaccurate to the real animal. The sable antelope in Zoo Tycoon being more accurate.

Sable antelopes can eat from any of the three herbivore feeding stations and can use Rope Toys, Activity Canters, and Wading Pools as enrichment, Wading Pools will contribute to the sable antelope's cleanliness need. The sable antelope can also use the Feeding Interaction, which will contribute to their hunger need.

White Sable Antelope[]

The sable antelope possesses a white, leucistic variant, which is not known to occur in real life. The variant is solid white with gray horns, blue eyes and a black nose. It has a rare chance of being born when two sable antelopes breed. If the player breeds two white sable antelopes together, they will always get white calves.

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