|Scientific Name:||Antidorcas marsupialis| |Species
Authority:||(Zimmermann, 1780)| |Red List Category &
Criteria:||Least Concern ver 3.1| |Assessor/s:||IUCN SSC
Antelope Specialist Group| |Reviewer/s:||Mallon, D.P. (Antelope
Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment)|
Listed as Least Concern as the species is widespread and one of
the most abundant antelopes of the southern African region.
There are no major threats to its long-term survival and the
conservation status of the Springbok is unlikely to change as
long as effective management is continued for the populations on
private land and in protected areas. |Range
Description:||Historically, the Springbok's range covered the
central and western regions of southern Africa, with a marginal
extension into southwestern Angola. The species still occurs
very widely within its historical range, but in Angola it
survives in greatly reduced numbers (East 1999, Skinner in
press). In South Africa, the Springbok was exterminated over
much of its na