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GREY RHEBOK - Pelea capreolus |
SIZE: Shoulder height (m) 0,8 m, (f) 0,7 m; mass
20 kg.
COLOUR: Grey-brown or grey above, but slightly yellowish
brown on face and legs. Underparts, including underside
of tail, white. Whitish patches around eyes, and on
muzzle and chin.
RECORD LENGTH OF HORNS: 29 cm
MOST LIKE: Mountain Reedbuck, but horns are narrower
and set vertically; they are not curved or hooked
forward like the mountain reedbuck's. Seen from the
front, the grey rhebok's horns are parallel, while
the mountain reedbuck's form a V.
HABITAT: Rocky hills or mountain slopes, and rocky
plains with grass cover.
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The grey rhebok is mostly a browser, with a tendency to
being a mixed feeder. Unlike the mountain reedbuck, it has
little need for water. Their main predators are caracals,
jackals and eagles. Grey rhebok usually live in family groups
of up to 12 animals, headed by a dominant male. The male
is strongly territorial, establishing his ownership of land
and females by uttering clicking sounds, staging threatening
displays and urinating to mark territory. Although they
fight fiercely during the mating season, grey rhebok rarely
injure one another. A single young is born in November or
December.
Its strong, bounding leaps and prodigious speed have sent
many pursuing predators skulking off empty-handed. Only
the males have horns, which rise straight up from the top
of the head.
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| Grey Rhebok are slender, graceful antelope
with long, slender necks, and very long, pointed ears. They
have a stiff-legged, rocking horse gait, and show the white
underside of their tail as they streak away, often upwards on
the upper slopes of mountains. |
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