Latin name

Aepyceros melampus

Family

Large mammals

Size

90 cm (m) 80 cm (f) Only males carry the lyre-shaped horns

Weight

50 kg (m) 40 kg (f)

Colour

Shining reddish brown coat, with clear division to fawn on the flanks turning paler to pure white undresides. With patch on throat. Bushy tail, with white underside.

Appearance

Springbok, but lack the latter's dark brown flank stripe separating upperparts from underparts.

Habitat

Lightely wooded or bushed country close to water.