General coloration is pale reddish brown with white underparts.
The horns, borne by both sexes, are stout and heavily ringed and rise from an obtuse angle from the plane of the face. Sparsely wooded grassland habitats from Senegal to western Ethiopia, and south to South Africa. Mainly medium to short length grasses. Occasionally eat herbs, browse on trees and shrubs, feed on fallen acacia pods, and have been reported as eating mushrooms. Herds commonly do not exceed 12-15 animals and are composed of females and young dominated by a single adult male.