This document may be used, with this header included, for noncommercial purposes within a subscribed institution . No copies of this work may be distributed electronically outside of the subscribed institution, in whole or in part, without written permission from the JHU Press . The springbok is cinnamon fawn above, with a dark reddish brown horizontal band extending from the upper foreleg to the edge of the hip, separating the upper color from the white underside. The inside of the legs, the back of the thighs, the tail, and a patch extending onto the rump are also white. Both sexes have black, ringed horns.
False hooves are present, and there are no tufts of hair on the knees.
The general external appearance is very much like that of Gazella. The one peculiar and striking external difference of Antidorcas is the fold of skin extending along the middle of the back to the base of the tail. This fold is covered with hair, much lighter in color than the rest of the back. The springbok lives on open, dry savannahs and grassland. Its common name is based on its habit of leaping up to 3.5 meters into the air when startled or at play.