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Introduction - The sprinbok is the most common antelope in Namibia, and you will see huge heards of them on both commercial farmland and in designated game parks. The spingbuck is also one of the fastest antelopes, and derive it's name from a stiff legged bouncing motion - called pronking.
Diet - Browse in the dry season and graze in the wet season.
Colouring - Cinnamon coloured upper body, white underparts and a broad dark brown stripe on either flank stretching from the front legs to the rear legs. The short white tail is brown tufted. The rump is marked by a triangular-shaped white patch, framed by a dark brown stripe with the apex on the top of the hindquarters.
Breeding - Most ewes breed every year, some even twice. Young are weaned at about four months and ewes become sexually mature at the age of seven months.
Size - Rams may weigh up to 50 Kg, and ewes only up to 37 Kg.