By RUPI MANGAT
Above: The gate at Ruma National Park of the roan antelope. Copyright Rupi Mangat
Published: The East African Nation 14 April 2008
Only 40 surviving today – 2020.
If you think that only the African Rhino and elephant are endangered or a target of poachers, you are wrong. There are many other animals threatened with extinction who, unfortunately, are little known and rarely heard of.
Kenya’s roan antelope falls in this category. Today, this subspecies of the roan, Hippotragus equines langheldi, is only found in one tiny area in the world — Ruma National Park in western Kenya. At one time its territory stretched all the way from the Mara grasslands to Ruma. It was also found in other areas such as the Ithanga hills in Thika.
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