Description

Beautiful Springbok skull, male, real bone.

The springbok is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in southern and southwestern Africa. A slender, long-legged antelope, the springbok reaches 28 to 34 inches at the shoulder and weighs between 60 and 93 pounds. Both sexes have a pair of black, 14-to-20 inch, long horns that curve backwards.

Active mainly at dawn and dusk, springboks form mixed-sex herds. A feature that is peculiar but not unique to the springbok, is pronking, in which the springbok performs multiple leaps into the air, up to 6.6 feet above the ground, in a stiff-legged posture.

Since the springbok feeds on shrubs and succulents, this antelope can live without drinking water for years, meeting its requirements by eating succulent vegetation. Breeding takes place year-round, and peaks in the rainy season, when forage is most abundant. A single calf is born after a five-to six-month-long pregnancy; weaning occurs at nearly six months of age, and the calf leaves its mother a few months later.

Springboks inhabit the dry areas of south and southwestern Africa. The springbok is the national animal of South Africa.

Approximate dimensions:

Skull length is approximately 8 1/2 inches long

Tip of horn to tip of nose is approximately 13.5 inches

You will receive this skull or one similar to it.  We will be happy to text or email an image of the exact specimen you will receive.

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