






Latin name |
Aepyceros melampus |
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Family |
Large mammals |
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Size |
90 cm (m) 80 cm (f) Only males carry the lyre-shaped horns |
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Weight |
50 kg (m) 40 kg (f) |
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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. |
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Appearance |
Springbok, but lack the latter's dark brown flank stripe separating upperparts from underparts. |
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Habitat |
Lightely wooded or bushed country close to water. |