Sitatunga
The sitatunga is East Africa’s only true amphibious antelope.
It is distinguished by its long, splayed hooves.
These hooves make the sitatunga clumsy and vulnerable on firm terrain, but well adapted for walking through muddy, vegetated swamplands.
The sitatunga's shaggy, oily coat is another adaptation to an aquatic habitat.
The males' coats are grayish-brown, while the females' are a reddish-chocolate brown, with six to eight vertical white stripes on the body.
Males are also considerably larger than females and have long, twisting horns.
The sitatunga lives in thickly vegetated, muddy swamps, and marshes.
Sitatungas are still found in small numbers in Saiwa Swamp National Park in western Kenya, as well as in larger populations around Lake Victoria and the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania and in several river basins in Uganda.
It is distinguished by its long, splayed hooves.
These hooves make the sitatunga clumsy and vulnerable on firm terrain, but well adapted for walking through muddy, vegetated swamplands.
The sitatunga's shaggy, oily coat is another adaptation to an aquatic habitat.
The males' coats are grayish-brown, while the females' are a reddish-chocolate brown, with six to eight vertical white stripes on the body.
Males are also considerably larger than females and have long, twisting horns.
The sitatunga lives in thickly vegetated, muddy swamps, and marshes.
Sitatungas are still found in small numbers in Saiwa Swamp National Park in western Kenya, as well as in larger populations around Lake Victoria and the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania and in several river basins in Uganda.
