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The image is a display at the National Museum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, located at coordinates -6.814, 39.294. It depicts a black and white illustration of a Kobus sigmoidalus, a type of antelope. The caption above the illustration details the animal's scientific name, “Kobus sigmoidalus (Bovidae: Reduncini),” and its origin, “FLK Zinji, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania).” The caption states that the animal lived 1.8 million years ago and was preserved at the National Museum, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Below the illustration is a description of the animal in Swahili and English, noting that Kobus sigmoidalus is the ancestor of the current waterbuck and that it was amongst the actual waterbuck and lechwe. The caption details that the animal measured more than 235 cm in length and weighed 200 kg, adding that it lived in wooded areas or open forests near water where it fed on a variety of herbaceous species. It is one of the animals consumed by the first Homo. The image is framed with a white border and is displayed on a pale beige wall.
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