springbok: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Antidorcas marsupialis • springbuck

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Two springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis) with slender bodies and curved horns stand on dry, open ground in the Kalahari, South Africa.

Five springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) stand together on sandy ground in the open, arid landscape of the Kalahari.

Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis).

Springboks (Antidorcas marsupialis).

Two springbok antelopes with heads lowered and horns locked in combat on dry ground in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

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