Show us yours: Antelopes

Great catch again Sean, a Playvisions model, still missing in my collection...

I have a few antelope myself, here they are in no particular order...
Impala by TreeHouse Kids and PlayVision zebra striped duiker along with a pair of custom yellowbacked duiker
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Schleich greater and Safari Ltd lesser kudu
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The rest are custom, either by Anna or Harriet
Topi and gerenuk pair
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White tailed gnu
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Greater and common eland
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Nile lechwe
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Still my favorite figures, the bontebok
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gemsbok and bongo
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Asian antelope, nilgai pair and blackbuck pair, also in this photo is the takin, I know the takin isn't an antelope, but here he is anyway
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Aaaaarrrrhhhw

Magnificent collection, Phil

beautiful!!!


did you do the yellowbacked duikers?

A very very special antelopes collection! Thanks for showing Phil!

Roger wrote:

A very very special antelopes collection! Thanks for showing Phil!

beautiful I'm drunk with happiness for you

Though you say you have a few antelopes, Phil, they are mostly customized made and fantastic! I, of course, love the topi!!

SeanieP wrote:

Though you say you have a few antelopes, Phil, they are mostly customized made and fantastic! I, of course, love the topi!!

Agree!!

This is a fantastic and special collection,Phil!
My favorite is also the Bontebok,it's gorgeous... And I also want the Gerenuks.

Thanks everyone, I am proud to own them but except for the repaint of the impala and the two yellow backed duiker I can take no credit other then the fact that I asked Ana and Harriet to either make them for me or send me a copy of a figure they have already produced so I give all of the credit to them, they deserve all of the praise!

Vivian, I love them all but the bontebok are my favorites as well, after that I can't put an order to them, I love the gerenuk and Nile lechwe but nilgai are not only fantastic figures they are among my favorite species of antelope, so hard to choose a favorite among all of them.

Nice collection of exeptional models Phil!

What a beautyful antelope collection Phil, absolutly wonderful!!!

My latest addition thanks Kiki:

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Aaaah !!!! You GOT him

Congratulations, Andreas

Hurrayyy for Christophe

SUSANNE wrote:

Aaaah !!!! You GOT him

Congratulations, Andreas

Hurrayyy for Christophe

Thank you so much!!!

widukind wrote:

My latest addition thanks Kiki:

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He's great! what brand is he?

Mastiffcat wrote:

widukind wrote:

My latest addition thanks Kiki:

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He's great! what brand is he?

Thank you!! The animal is marked as Rae 1972.

Is that a Jeol antelope Andreas?
Congrats, great catch!

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Is that a Jeol antelope Andreas?
Congrats, great catch!

No Willy, it is not a JEOL

Ok my friend, but why don't tell me what it is then?
The quality does not look like a Jeol, but the model does(almost, haha)...
Is it the country in the middle then???

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Ok my friend, but why don't tell me what it is then?
The quality does not look like a Jeol, but the model does(almost, haha)...
Is it the country in the middle then???

Andreas already answered It's a RAE from 1972

Ok thanks my friend, i seem to have miss that, as i miss more in the last 2 months...

Hey!

I do not want you to worry about, but which have signed photo "tsessebe" This is a big mistake!
These are not tsessebe antelope, just Topi!
Tsessebe do not have the arrangement of horns, but you will not have such clearly marked dark spots on the legs ..

I think it tsessebe not only Topi.
Daniel.

First, i took over the name on the model, because it is marked as tsessabee.
Secondly, i do have very good books and posters, mostly scientific, in which the complete topi/hartebeast-family is pictured.
The topi and tsessabee, are just sub-species, but both very very similar, even the dark markings on the legs.
I think, and would not wonder if there are some forms between those 2 named antelopes to, so where is the border?
I, for myself, do look at my models very accurate, and with an scientific eye, and make a judgement for myself, which animal this model does resamble the best.
But nobody has to agree with that of course.

I do have more then 40 fishtanks at home, and i do a lot of different things in this field.
I had a cichlidmale with 3 females of his own kind(Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus) and subspecies in a bigger tank, together with a female fish from another species(Cryptoheros septemfasciatum), but the same genera.
Still the male of the first species did prefer the female of the other species, although the first one was from Panama, and the second from Costa Rica, not exactly close to eachother.
DNA showed already that they are related of course, but to far to be the same species.
Normally they could interbreed, but not have young, or fertile young.
Same like a tiger and lion, or horse and donkey for example.
But still nature found a way, because some people bought these mixed-fish from me, and the had offspring to, so where is the very thin line, of what is a species or not...
Even with very different DNA, some species are able to interbreed with species that are even further away in DNA, or natural distance.
Some species do not change a lot in evolution, even when separated through time and natural obstacles, and still have very similar genes.With this story i wanted to show you, to think about the differences between topi and tsessabee, because i guarantee you, that they can interbreed, and will have fertile young, so are they really different then?
But ok, they are just subspecies anyway...
The Topi is Damaliscus lunatus topi, and the tsessabee is Damaliscus lunatus lunatus...

I am animal-crazy since i was six years young, and did almost nothing else then watching tv-series about animals, read books about animals, study them, and tried to see them in zoo's or in the wild if possible.
And i still do today, as i am almost 50 now...
My judgement is not always good of course, but mostly it is, only by experience...

Topi and SASsaby may not cross, because there are in the same area.
Topi tilde those living east of Africa, and tsessebes in South Africa.
Meuse that have very different looks, and I can perfectly see them as more interested than you apparently ... horns are completely different, even physique! Belong to the same family, but are a separate species, a figure Bullyland tsessebe not only Topi.

Yours!