Sable (Hippotragus niger)

Sable
Hippotragus niger

The Sable (Hippotragus niger) is one of the characteristic large mammals that one may see when visiting game parks in much of southern Africa. The image shown here was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 500 mm F/4 L IS lens in January, 2006, in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.