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	Sitatunga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The sitatunga or marshbuck (Tragelaphus spekeii) is a swamp-dwelling antelope found throughout Central Africa centering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Botswana and in Zambia.
		Sitatunga have a water-proof coat which is dark brown in males and reddish brown in females.
		Sitatunga live in papyrus swamps and are very good swimmers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sitatunga (209 words)

	Sitatunga
		While sitatunga are both nocturnal and diurnal, they are most active at dawn and dusk, and may move onto marshy land at night.
		Estimating the size of the population of sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei) in the "Parc National de l'Akagera", Rwanda.
		Volf, J. Sitatunga and its breeding at Prague Zoo.
	www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Tragelaphus_spekii.html (611 words)

	AWF: Wildlife: Sitatunga
		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.
		Sitatungas eat bullrushes, sedges and the leaves of bushes in the swamps, as well as grass in adjacent riverine forests.
		Sitatungas are easily caught by setting snares in their well-traveled paths in swamps.
	www.awf.org /content/wildlife/detail/sitatunga (526 words)

	Marwell Zoo Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sitatunga or 'marsh buck' are found in the marshy areas of central and eastern Africa.
		Sitatunga usually live singly or in pairs but may group into herds of up to 15 animals.
		Sitatunga are very good swimmers and can submerge themselves completely, except for their nostrils.
	www.marwell.org.uk /pages/zooinfo/animalDetail.asp?animalUID=89 (315 words)

	Medium-sized Antelopes of Botswana - zebra, wildebeest, kudu, sable, lechwe, waterbuck, sitatunga, tsessebe, roan, ...
		Medium-sized Antelopes of Botswana - zebra, wildebeest, kudu, sable, lechwe, waterbuck, sitatunga, tsessebe, roan, gemsbok
		The sitatunga is a semi-aquatic antelope and spends a good portion of its time in the dense reed beds and submerged in water up to three feet in depth.
		Sitatunga are shy and retiring and they move slowly through the thick papyrus and reed beds, grazing on the vegetation.
	www.african-safari-botswana.com /antelopes.htm (2717 words)

	WWF - Sitatunga in the Kafue Flats
		As it is difficult to observe this elusive creature, it’s not clear how many sitatungas live in the Kafue Flats but it’s certain that the numbers have decreased greatly over the past decades because of habitat loss and poaching.
		Sitatunga are aquatic antelopes living in swamps; their elongated hooves prevent them from sinking into marshy ground.
		Sitatunga are both nocturnal and diurnal, being most active at dawn and dusk.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/africa/where/zambia/kafue/species/sitatunga/index.cfm (271 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Sitatunga
		THE FATE OF THE SITATUNGa, a type of antelope found in the Saiwa Swamp in Saiwa National Park, hangs in the balance due to an invasion of the swamp by elephant...
		The Sitatunga and co. promise you an unforgettable performan...
		Sitatunga antelopes and crane birds are only found at swamps in the east African region and form part of tourist attractions in Kenya.
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Sitatunga.htm (514 words)

	Sesse Islands Sitatunga
		Sitatunga feed while immersed up to their shoulders and move slowly through the vegetation.
		The sitatunga and bushbuck are close enough genetically to produce viable hybrids in captivity, and almost indistinguishable from the nyala except for pelage and hooves.
		Sitatunga is a common host animal for the parasite Schistosoma, a blood fluke found in mesentery blood vessels.
	www.wild-about-you.com /GameSesseSitatunga.htm (656 words)

	Comparative Placentation
		"Sitatungas of Africa are semiaquatic, spending most of their life in dense beds of Papyrus" (Nowak1999).
		The sitatunga is still widely distributed in East Africa but is said to have nearly disappeared from the west of Africa.
		Gotch (1979) indicated that the name sitatunga derives from an old Bantu language; tragos is Greek for male goat, and elaphos is a deer.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/sita.html (2102 words)

	NC Zoo™ - North Carolina Zoo : Sitatunga
		Sitatunga move awkwardly on land but are successful swimmers with widely slayed hooves that help them deal with swampy conditions.
		Sitatungas are solitary animals, although females sometimes form loose herds.
		Sitatunga use well-traveled pathways through the swamp, making them especially vulnerable to hunters’ snares and traps.
	www.nczoo.org /animal_id/africa_plains_sitatunga.cfm (485 words)

	the Living Africa: wildlife - bovid family - sitatunga
		The sitatunga shares land with the Nile lechwe in southern Sudan, Zambia, Botswana, and Angola.
		Sitatungas live in parts of papyrus swamps and wetlands where reeds, bullrushes, and sedges are abundant.
		Since it feeds on swamp vegetation in the water and grazing on green grasslands, there is always abundant food for the sitatunga.
	library.thinkquest.org /16645/wildlife/sitatunga.shtml (248 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Sitatunga antelope
		Normally standing only half-submerged in the water, sitatungas will dive deep enough to submerge their entire body when escaping and hiding from predators, leaving only their nose exposed at the surface.
		Sitatungas will wait until dark to leave the swamp and graze at the edge of nearby forests.
		Sitatungas will form their own platforms of vegetation in the water by repeatedly circling and trampling on swamp reeds and grass.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordates/craniata/mammalia/artiodactyla/sitatunga-antelope.htm (431 words)

	SITATUNGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sitatunga 은 콩고 민주 공화국에 중심에 두는 중앙 아프리카통하여 발견되는 늪 집 영양 이다.
		Sitatunga에는 남성안에 인 방수 외투, 암갈색 및 여성안에 불그스레한 갈색이 있다.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.faktoko.com /wiki/ko/si/Sitatunga.htm (62 words)

	The Sitatunga - Tragelaphus spekei of Southern Africa
		Sitatunga, renowned for their elongated, pointed hooves, which can be up to 18 cm long on the forefeet, are semi-aquatic, and are more adapted to the aquatic environment than any of the other antelope in the southern African subregion: even the lechwe.
		They are masters of the art of camouflage and sometimes, when they have been wounded by a predator or hunter, will lie up in a dense reed bed, submerging themselves in the water with just their nostrils showing.
		Sitatunga usually move about in herds of up to six animals, feeding mainly on papyrus and aquatic grasses.
	www.ecotravel.co.za /Guides/Wildlife/Vertebrates/Mammals/Large/Sitatunga.htm (383 words)

	Sitatunga
		Sitatungas will make their own platforms of vegetation in the water by repeatedly circling and trampling on swamp reeds and grass.
		Sitatungas have very small home ranges and are considered generally solitary, though they do have frequent social interactions along the edge of their territory.
		The bond between mother and young does not last for long, by the time they are half-grown sitatungas are often on their own.
	www.wildcam.com /guides/critter.jsp?animalid=152 (543 words)

	Sitatunga in Botswana
		Sitatunga are related to bushbuck and kudu with whom they share spirally twisted horns and body stripes but they have a hunched appearance, a dark shaggy coat and narrow face.
		The pelage of ewes is a dark to reddish–brown with a fl band running down the center of the back, and with pale vertical stripes on the sides, as well as lateral white bands and spots on the haunches.
		Another characteristic feature of Sitatunga, is the much elongated and splayed hooves and enlarged false hooves, covered with a swollen leathery pad.
	www.safaris-botswana.com /html/African_Wildlife/Sitatunga.htm (400 words)

	Sitatunga
		Sitatunga have a wide but patchy distribution throughout southern and central Africa south of the Sahara.
		Semi-aquatic, sitatunga spend most of their time in and around dense swampy reed-beds with water to a depth of a metre.
		In times of flood they are forced to move to the shallow fringes of the swamp, where they spend their time seasonally among the aquatic grasslands, often venturing into drier fringing woodland forest at night to browse.
	www.african-hunter.com /sitatunga.htm (713 words)

	SITATUNGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Carrinho de Sitatunga aproximadamente um e medidores de uma metade no ombro.
		Sitatunga tem um revestimento impermeável que seja, o marrom escuro nos machos e o marrom avermelhado nas fêmeas.
		Sitatunga vivo em swamps do papyrus e é swimmers muito bons.
	www.faktoport.com /wiki/pt/si/Sitatunga.htm (139 words)

	SITATUNGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Le Sitatunga est une antilope de marais-logement trouvée dans l'ensemble de l'Afrique centrale portant sur la République démocratique du Congo.
		Sitatunga ont un manteau imperméable à l'eau qui est, le brun foncé dans les mâles et le brun rougeâtre dans les femelles.
		Sitatunga de phase dans des marais de papyrus et sont les nageurs très bons.
	www.faktis.com /wiki/fr/si/Sitatunga.htm (155 words)

	SITATUNGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Whipsnade facts: Sitatunga are quite rare in captivity but Whipsnade has a breeding herd.
		Although their run is cumbersome on land, they are very fast when running through the swamps.
		The Sitatunga is also under threat from habitat destruction and hunting (often with snares).
	www.willisweb.co.uk /Whipsnade2002/sitatunga.htm (327 words)

	2002 Winner, Grades 4-6, Fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		“Sitatunga, one who speaks to animals, it is I Okapi, requesting your knowledge,” she called, her voice ringing out into the still night air.
		“Sitatunga, I am not one to be criticizing Nyala, for she did create the heavens, the earth and everything in it, but I believe that she made a mistake in her creating,” Okapi answered in a somewhat cautious tone.
		She left Sitatunga shaking his head, feeling sorry for the stubborn, foolish animal as she left.
	litsite.alaska.edu /uaa/akwrites/2002/billfiction.html (3017 words)

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		The forest Sitatunga, is a medium sized antelope that lives in and around the swamps and small lakes found in the forest.
		A characteristic feature of the Sitatunga is its long splayed hoofs and which enable it to walk on soft boggy ground and on mats of marsh vegetation without sinking deeply.
		Sitatunga are most often hunted by spot and stalk techniques around the forest lakes and swamps where they live, or by tracking them with dogs as well.
	www.accuratereloading.com /adam1.html (5107 words)

	Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens: Things to See and Do
		A swamp antelope, the sitatunga is especially adapted to wet terrain.
		There are five subspecies of sitatungas that are distinguished from one another by their coat color.
		Three of the subspecies are the Northern sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei spekei), the Western sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei gratus) and the Zambezi sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei selousi).
	www.jaxzoo.org /things/biofacts/EastAfricanSitatunga.asp (669 words)

	dispatches_june
		There are a number of customs and traditions that are testimony to the cultural significance of the sitatunga and its wetlands ecosystem.
		Since male and female sitatunga are differently coloured, suitable prey is quickly identified.
		Sitatunga has been hunted in this fashion for generations and the conservation ethic has been woven into the fabric of traditional life.
	www.calgaryzoo.org /AboutTheZoo/ConservationOutreach/dispatches_june05.htm (1016 words)

	Sitatunga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Plataforma de Sitatunga cerca de una y metros de una mitad en el reborde.
		Sitatunga tiene una capa impermeable que sea, marrón oscuro en varones y marrón rojizo en hembras.
		Sitatunga vivo en pantanos del papiro y es nadadores muy buenos.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/si/Sitatunga.htm (154 words)

	Sitatunga fact sheet - Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.
		Sitatunga normally sleep on platforms of dry vegetation, which they trample and circle to condense.
		Sitatunga are both grazers and browsers, They have a prehensile tongue that allows them to grab long reeds and flowering plants.
		Sitatunga tend to stay in one feeding area for several days and then suddenly shift to a new area.
	www.lewa.org /sitatunga-fact-sheet.php (1322 words)

	::. Ker & Downey .::
		Kanana Camp and Shinde Camp are some of the best places to see the elusive sitatunga antelope, a rare Delta antelope (pictured left) with special adaptations that allow it to live in the Delta.
		Some lucky guests have seen sitatunga from the Shinde viewing platform early in the morning.
		Sitatunga live in swamps and are very good swimmers.
	www.kerdowney.com /ui/dynamicpage.php?id=MjIw (773 words)

	Pictures of the sitatunga\|Tragelaphus spekii facts
		Young sitatungas are taken by pythons, while adults are sometimes preyed upon by lions and leopards, but their main predators are crocodiles.
		Attracted by the mineral salts in the soils and the succulent herbaceous plants sitatungas are commonly observed shoulder to shoulder with gorillas, elephants, giant forest hog.
		Sitatungas are known from Bigodi Swamp but are infrequently seen.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Tragelaphus/Tragelaphus-spekii.html (233 words)

	Saiwa Swamp, Safari Kenya
		Created primarily for the protection of the rare Sitatunga antelope, the Saiwa Swamp National Park is a perfect example of how a small area can survive as a complete ecological entity.
		The semi-aquatic Sitatunga relying on a swamp habitat has evolved to survive in such conditions and despite the minute size of Saiwa Swamp National Park, it seems certain to continue to thrive there.
		There are several platforms built into trees overlooking the swamp, provided of course, for Sitatunga watchers but also a splendid perch in which to contemplate nature's glory.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/safaris/parks/saiwa.asp (209 words)

	Upper Nile Region Diorama \| American Museum of Natural History
		A single baby is born on land or in water after an 8-month gestation period and may live 45 years.
		The rarely seen sitatunga (Tragelaphus speki), most aquatic of antelopes, sometimes submerges to its nostrils to hide.
		Sitatungas are mainly browsers, and the hornless females are brighter colored and more conspicuously marked than the males.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/dioramas/uppernile (525 words)

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