What is Springbok?
{{Taxobox | name = Springbok | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|assessors=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group|year=2008|id=1676|title=Antidorcas marsupialis|downloaded=29 March 2009}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern</ref> | trend = stable | image = Springbok_etosha.jpg | image_caption = A springbok in [[Namibia]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] | familia = [[Bovidae]] | subfamilia = [[Antilopinae]] | genus = '''''Antidorcas''''' | genus_authority = [[carl Jakob Sundevall|Sundevall]], 1847 | species = '''''A. marsupialis''''' | range_map=Springbok Distribution.svg | range_map_caption=Range map | binomial = ''Antidorcas marsupialis'' | binomial_authority = ([[Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann|Zimmermann]], 1780) }} The '''springbok''' (''Antidorcas marsupialis'') is a medium sized brown and white [[gazelle]] that stands about {{convert|75|cm}} high. It is in the same family as [[antelope]] and [[goat]]s. They are the national animal of [[South Africa]] and live in the [[savannah]]. ==Sources== {{reflist}} {{wikispecies}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Mammals of Africa]] [[Category:Bovids]] [[Category:National symbols of South Africa]]