The grey rhebok, Pelea capreolus, locally known as the vaalribbok in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini. The specific name capreolus is Latin for little goat. It is a medium-sized antelope weighing 19 to 30 kilograms, with a long neck, narrow ears and a short dense grey coat. Only males carry horns, which are straight, sharp and ringed at the base, around 15 to 25 centimetres long. Generally confined to the higher areas of Southern Africa, it typically inhabits grassy montane habitats usually about 1,000 metres above sea level. It is listed as Near Threatened because of a 20 percent decline.
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The grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), locally known as the vaalribbok in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini.
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The grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), locally known as the vaalribbok in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini.
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The grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), locally known as the vaalribbok in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini.
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Conservation status
The grey rhebok is listed as Near Threatened due to a 20% decline over 3 generations of its subpopulations in 13 protected areas, from 1999 to 2014; the largest protected subpopulation in the Maloti-Drakensberg Park lost an estimated 15-20% of its population.
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The grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), locally known as the vaalribbok in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini.
Reproduction and behaviour
This species is a browser, and gets most of its water from the food it eats, so it can utilise food sources a long distance from standing water.
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The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
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Bovidae is the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and goat-antelopes such as sheep and goats.
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