Sable and Roan - the horse-goat antelopes - Africa Geographic Hybridisation is most frequently observed in Angola, where declining giant sable numbers (more below) have seen sable and roan interbreeding This is sometimes referred to as Hubb’s principle or ‘desperation’ hypothesis and creates a vicious cycle where a rare species is more likely to mate with a similar species
biological classification - Students - Britannica Kids Some species include groups with such distinctive traits that they are classified as subspecies; in these cases, a subspecies name is added to the end of the species name Subspecies of Panthera tigris include the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) and the Indian, or Bengal, tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) How Classification Works
Pyrenean ibex - Wikipedia Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica taxidermy specimen – MHNT The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), Aragonese and Spanish common name bucardo, Basque common name bukardo, Catalan common name herc and French common name bouquetin, was one of the four subspecies of the Iberian ibex or Iberian wild goat (Capra pyrenaica), a species native to the Iberian Peninsula and immediately adjacent
Hippopotamus - Wikipedia The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius; ˌ h ɪ p ə ˈ p ɒ t ə m ə s ; pl : hippopotamuses), often shortened to hippo (pl : hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus and river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa
Polar bears: The largest land carnivores | Live Science Male polar bears usually weigh between 770 pounds and more than 1,300 pounds (350 to 600 kilograms) Polar bears are the biggest bear species, but Kodiak bears, a subspecies, or type of brown
Zebra - Africa Geographic There are, however, other theories that have been put forward as to why zebras have stripes Some zoologists favour the thermoregulation argument; the idea being that the black stripes heat up more than the white areas on the zebra which in turn creates microcurrents of air movement which cool the sweating zebras more rapidly