When the animal is excited by fright or play, this fold is widely everted to form a conspicuous crest of very long bristly white hairs. The springbok is almost silent but has a voice which is a feeble bleat and a kind of whistle. It has acute senses of sight and smell and good hearing. The female is similar to the male but smaller with shorter, thinner and straighter horns. These periodic movements now occur mostly in parts of south west Africa and Botswana where where there are large tracts of large country.
Many males are solitary.
All-male bachelor herds are common and harem herds are characteristic of the mating season. As do other gazelles, the springbok stots or pronks , leaping up to 10 feet in height and repeating the action 5 or 6 times in succession. It can cover well over 20 feet in one jump. It is a swift runner, traveling up to 60 miles per hour. Reproduction Female reaches sexual maturity at 12 months.