- Baboon
- Buffalo
- Bushbuck
- Cheetah
- Duiker
- Eland
- Elephant
- Giraffe
- Grysbok
- Hippopotamus
- Hyena (Spotted)
- Impala
- Jackal (Black-Backed)
- Klipspringer
- Kudu
- Leopards
- Lion
- Mongoose (Banded)
- Nyala
- Porcupine
- Rhino
- Roan Antelope
- Sable Antelope
- Smaller Carnivores
- Steenbok
- Tssessebe
- Vervet Monkey
- Warthog
- Waterbuck
- Wilderbeest (Blue)
- Wild Dog
- Zebra
Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)
THE HERBIVORES AND OMNIVORES
Shy and retiring of habit, these diminutive fawn-coloured animals must surely be the most graceful and dainty of all antelope. Slender-legged and with sharp-featured faces, steenbok are generally found in pairs scattered throughout the open bushveld, especially where the grass cover is fairly short. Here they will scratch around and nibble tasty bits of vegetation close to the ground. They are territorial animals and restrict their movements to an area they have marked with a secretion from a scent gland below each eye.
Because they are small and their body colour blends so well with their grassy habitat, steenbok are normally seen only when they stand fairly close to the road. Quietly feeding with slow deliberate movements, occasionally walking a short distance with delicate and elegant ease to a fresh patch of vegetation, they never fail to evoke a sense of innocence and well-groomed beauty. Only the males have horns, short straight projections directed slightly backwards.
Distributed throughout most of the area, steenbok are the most common of the smaller antelope, and are best seen from roads winding through the open bushveld between the Sabie and Olifants rivers.
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