The hirola (Beatragus hunteri), also called the Hunter's hartebeest or Hunter's antelope, is a critically endangered antelope species found as of now, only in Kenya along the border of Somalia.^[3]It was first described by the big game hunter and zoologist H.C.V. Hunter in 1888.^[4][5] It is the only living member of the genus Beatragus, though other species are known from the fossil record.^[2]The global hirola population is estimated at 300–500 animals and there are none in captivity.^[6][7][8] According to a document produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature"the loss of the hirola would be the first extinction of a mammalian genus on mainland Africa in modern human history".^[9]

Hirola
Illustration by Philip Sclater in 1894