Editing Hirola (section)

==Description==

The hirola is a medium-sized antelope, tan to rufous-tawny in colour with slightly lighter under parts, predominantly white inner ears and a white tail which extends down to the hocks.  It has very sharp, lyrate horns which lack a basal pedicle and are ridged along three quarters of their length. As hirola age their coat darkens towards a slate grey and the number of ridges along their horns increases. Hirola have large, dark sub-orbital glands used for marking their territories and give them the name "four-eyed antelope". They have white spectacles around their eyes and an inverted white chevron running between the eyes. The horns, hooves, udders, nostrils, lips and ear tips are black. Males and females look similar although males are slightly larger with thicker horns and darker coats.<ref name="Sclater, P. L. 1889"/><ref>{{cite journal|author=Dracopoli, I. N.|author-link=I. N. Dracopoli|year=1914|title= Some notes on the game animals of Jubaland|journal= Uganda Natural History Society |volume=4|pages= 117–121}}</ref><ref name="Dorst, J 1970">{{cite book|author=Dorst, J. |author2= P. Dandelot|year=1970|title=A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa|publisher= Collins |location= London|page= 287}}</ref><ref name="Kingdon, J. 1982">{{cite book|author=Kingdon, J. |year=1982|chapter= East African Mammals|title=An Atlas of Evolution in Africa|volume= IIID. Bovids|publisher= Academic Press|location= New York|pages= 395–746}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Kingdon, J. |year=1997 |title=The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals|publisher= Academic Press|location= London|page= 465}}</ref><ref name="Butynski, T. M. 2000">{{cite tech report|author=Butynski, T. M. |year=2000|title= Independent Evaluation of Hirola antelope (''Beatrugus hunteri'') conservation status and conservation action in Kenya |institution=Kenya Wildlife Service and Hirola Management Committee|location= Nairobi, Kenya}}</ref>

Several sources have recorded precise measurements from both captive and wild hirola. The following are maximum and minimum values taken from all sources: height at the shoulder: {{cvt|99–125|cm}}, body weight: {{cvt|73–118|kg}}, head and body length: {{cvt|120–200|cm}}, horn length: {{cvt|44–72|cm}}, horn spread (greatest outside width): {{cvt|15–32|cm}}, tail length: {{cvt|30–45|cm}}, ear length: {{cvt|19|cm}}. It is not stated whether horn length was measured direct from base to tip or along the curve of the horn.<ref name="Dorst, J 1970"/><ref name="Kingdon, J. 1982"/><ref name="Butynski, T. M. 2000"/><ref>{{cite book|editor=Best, G. A. F. |editor2=Edmond-Blanc, F. |editor3= Courtenay Witting, R. |year=1962|title=Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game|edition=11th|publisher= Rowland Ward|location= London}}</ref> There is no data on how long hirola live in the wild but in captivity they have been known to live for 15 years.<ref name="PROBERT, J. 2011"/>