Springbok - South African Icon
This drought-resistant antelope represents the South African Rugby team. It is tough, hardy and beautiful. Here a ram is pictured standing in a green grass field, not a common sight for this species.
The Springbok is adaptable, like absolutely everything else on this great world of Nature. It is a species that always seem "proud", and inspires beauty. This guy is a ram. The female's horns are much, much thinner and finer. Although he is not fully grown (his horns should point forward all the way), this ram is already guarding his own territory. Magnificent he is.
The springbok is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in southern and southwestern Africa. The sole member of the genus "Antidorcas", this bovid was first described by the German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann in 1780.
