Springbok
A true gazelle, these beautiful and graceful antelope are found in arid regions. Both
males and females have horns. Springbok may form large migrating herds following
rain. They normally trot with a springy step, and can gallop up to 80km/h, but if
excited will bounce high in the air, stiff legged and back arched.
Steenbok
Steenbok are small, solitary, wildly distributed antelope that prefer open county and
largely absent from desert regions and dense forest. Only the males have horns.
Steenbok will lie quietly in hiding from predators, running only at the last
moment.
Damara Dik-Dik
This small antelope is best described as dainty. Hair on the forehead can be raised as a
crest, and large preorbital glands are used for scent marking. Found in dense
woodland and thickets or stony areas in the arid regions, they move in small family groups
or single. Leaping in stiff-legged bounces and whistling, they run from danger.
They do not need standing water, but salt is essential.
Klipspringer
These small antelope are found in rocky habitats where they are fast and agile, leaping
from rock to rock. they are usually found in pairs or solitary. Klipspringers mate for
life.
Common Duiker
Small, grayish-buff to red-yellow with lighter under parts and a darker broad band from
the horns to the nostrils, these solitary antelope are very secretive. They can
subsist in very dry areas, rarely drinking water. Being browsers, they seldom eat
grass and may also eat berries, and even carrion, termites, and even small birds.
