Springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis
-This slender antelope is the National Animal of South Africa and is also found in southern Angola, throughout Namibia, and southern Botswana (countries in Africa)
-Renowned for their ‘pronking’ behavior, they perform stiff-legged jumps up to 2 meters high with the back arched and white crest of hair raised and heads bowed
-'Pronking' is a common response to predators and is also used for communicating
-The fold of skin on the backs of these antelope produce a secretion with a strong, sweet odor that is released during pronking and sends olfactory messages to other springbok
-Opportunistic feeders: during hot, rainy summers they graze on grasses; during cold, dry winters they feed on shrubs and young succulents
-Mating Season: Opportunistic breeders, meaning they can breed year-round and try to synchronize the birth of their young with high rainfall and an abundance of grass shoots
-Offspring: 1 young
HERE AT ALAMEDA:
Our springbok is a female. She can often be found walking and eating close to the muntjac, with whom she has become close. The search is on for a mate for this young female.
Antidorcas marsupialis
-This slender antelope is the National Animal of South Africa and is also found in southern Angola, throughout Namibia, and southern Botswana (countries in Africa)
-Renowned for their ‘pronking’ behavior, they perform stiff-legged jumps up to 2 meters high with the back arched and white crest of hair raised and heads bowed
-'Pronking' is a common response to predators and is also used for communicating
-The fold of skin on the backs of these antelope produce a secretion with a strong, sweet odor that is released during pronking and sends olfactory messages to other springbok
-Opportunistic feeders: during hot, rainy summers they graze on grasses; during cold, dry winters they feed on shrubs and young succulents
-Mating Season: Opportunistic breeders, meaning they can breed year-round and try to synchronize the birth of their young with high rainfall and an abundance of grass shoots
-Offspring: 1 young
HERE AT ALAMEDA:
Our springbok is a female. She can often be found walking and eating close to the muntjac, with whom she has become close. The search is on for a mate for this young female.