Gazelles

The Springbuck, also known as the Springbok, is one of the most characteristic animal of the southern Africa and the only gazelle found south of the Zambezi river. 

Appearance
It's a medium sized gazelle, weight around 35kg. The Springbuck is graceful and bright colored with a chocolate brown broad band along the flank. It has a narrow brown stripe across the eye. The horns are fairly short, heavily ridged, rising slightly upwards and backwards. The end of the horns is very characteristic, curving sharply inward and forming a closed "Y". 

The male and female are similar but the females are smaller and has got shorter and straighter horns. There are two very similar subspecies, one fairly smaller species in the south (A. marsupialis) and one in the southwest (A. angolensis).

Habits
A herd of Springbuck cooling of in the water during the hot mid day sun. They lives on the open plains in enormous herds. Mixed herds are found most of the year but during the mating season  harems are the most characteristic. Many males are solitary and also bachelor groups are common. They migrate according to the rhythm of the rain.

Appearance
The graceful Thomson gazelle is the most common gazelle in East Africa. It's a very small gazelle with a distinct broad black band along the flank and a blackish stripe across the cheek. Weights around 25kg. Their habitat is the open plains or grasslands, avoiding long grass and dense bushes.

The horns are strongly ridged, only little divergent, slightly curved backwards with the tip pointing forward.  The male and female are similare but the female has got shorter horns, sometimes very short.

Habits
A herd of female gazelles grazing, watched upon by their male lying in the middle. They live in loosely organized herds of 5 to 60  with only one single adult male. The 'Tommies' migrate according to the seasons and sometimes gathereds in enormous herds with thousands of animals.