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Descprition
Shoulder Height: 78-84 cm, Mass: 36-50 kg, Gestation: 160 days
This is the only gazelle found south of the Zambezi. Both sexes horns which are lyre-shaped and heavily ridged; the males horns are heavier and longer than those of the females. Springbok live in habitats ranging from dry areas of the Kalahari to the barren regions of the Namib. They have good eyesight and are highly gregarious. When moving at speed, they will bound into the air with a stifflegged ?pronking? action, during which the hooves are bunched.
Diet
Both browses and grazes. Roots, bulbs, short grass and leaves of various bushes, are taken. Independent of water but will drink regularly when water is available.
Faeces
Clusters and single pellests.
Spoor: Similar to the impala; 5 cm long.