🐃Springbok
The springbok or springbuck is an antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa. The sole living member of the genus Antidorcas, this bovid was first described by the German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann in 1780. Three subspecies are identified. A slender, long-legged antelope, the springbok reaches 71 to 86 cm at the shoulder and weighs between 27 and 42 kg. Both sexes have a pair of black, 35 to 50 cm long horns that curve backwards. The springbok is characterised by a white face, a dark stripe running from the eyes to the mouth, a light brown coat marked by a reddish-brown stripe that runs from the upper foreleg to the buttocks across the flanks like the Thomson's gazelle, and a white rump flap.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 34 kg
- Body length
- 1.23 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Springbok
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass34 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female37 kgWikidataQ213084
- Male41 kgWikidataQ213084
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- 39 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.23 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass136 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 20 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length7.02 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity332 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation169 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 168 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.36 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l34 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Springbok yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusAntidorcas
- ›speciesAntidorcas marsupialis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusAntidorcas
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- genusAntidorcas
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