Springbok
| Common name | Scientific name | Average weight of adult male | Average length or shoulder height | Diet | How do they live | Feeding time | Gestation period | Number of young at birth |
| Springbok | Antidorcas marsupialis | 41 kg | 75 cm | herbivores grazer/browser | herds | day | 5,5 months | single lamb |
Both sexes have horns and the Springbok is our national animal. Like so many other antelope they have adapted to need a little drinking water. They obtain most of their liquid requirements from young succulent grasses.
In past centuries they were renowned for their great treks when thousands of them would migrate to better pastures but that came to an end with the erection of fences by farmers. They are good breeders and many game farmers have plenty of them on their farms.
They normally are slow moving but can run very fast reaching speeds of close to 80km/h, often leaving the ground in great leaps of up to 15 meters. When agitated, they would arch their backs and do a series of spectacular vertical jumps straight up in the air leaving the ground with all fours at the same time known as "stotting" or "pronking". While doing so they would lift the strip of hair on their backs known as the "pronk".
The "pronk" would also be raised when the animal die after being shot. The pronk also have a peculiar smell, almost like that of burnt sugar but some people say it smells like honey.
Apart from the normal colors, white and black Springbok are also found.