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Antidorcas marsupialis (Springbok)
springbok [English]; springbok [Afrikaans]; Springbock [German]; antidorcas
[French]; ibhadi [isiXhosa]; insephe [isiZulu]; tshêphê [Sepedi]; tshephe, t'sèphè
[Sesotho]; tshêphê, tshêpê [Setswana]; inswephe [siSwati]; mhala [Xitsonga];
tsephe, tsepe, tshipirimboko [Tshivenda]; ||
Gûb [Nama] [Damara]; menyeh [Herero]
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) >
Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost
fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia
(terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia
> Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals)
> Placentalia (placental mammals) >
Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)
> Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family:
Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) >
Subfamily: Antilopinae
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An alpha male (left) chasing a rival male (right)
away from a female from his harem (in the background). Kgalagadi
Transfrontier Park, South Africa. [photo
Callie de Wet ©] |
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Springbok pronking, Kgalagadi Transfrontier
Park, South Africa. [photo Andries Steenkamp
©] |
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Springbok rams fighting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier
Park, South Africa. [photo
Callie de Wet ©] |
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