The Irgiz-Turgay project safeguards habitat for the rare saiga antelope and endangered bird species.

The other mammals include sambhar, chital, the shy barking deer which are quite common here and the rare four-horned antelope.

It has a wide range of wild beasts like elephant, hippopotamus, lion, leopard, cheetah, black rhinoceros and some rare antelopes.

It is the smallest national park in Kenya, only 3 km2, and was created as habitat for the Sitatunga, a rare aquatic antelope.

A yak goes for $7,500, an American bison for $5,000 and a rare African antelope for $10,000.

Ryder had left for last the two rare and lovely antelope he had captured on his last expedition.

But if you are envisioning a rare African antelope, think again.

Lang returned to Africa, accompanied by Rudyerd Boulton, in 1925 and collected 1,200 mammal specimens, including the rare giant sable antelope.

An endangered black rhino can sell at auction for nearly $40,000, a disease-free Cape buffalo for $20,000, a rare sable antelope for $6,000.

Kasanka National Park is one of the best places on the continent to see rare water-loving antelopes called sitatungas.