Grey Rhebok | |
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At the San Diego Zoo | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Peleinae Gray, 1872 |
Genus: | Pelea Gray, 1851 |
Species: | P. capreolus |
Binomial name | |
Pelea capreolus (Forster, 1790) |
The Grey Rhebok or Grey Rhebuck (Pelea capreolus, locally known as the Vaal Rhebok or Vaalribbok in Afrikaans) is a species of antelope endemic to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland.
They prefer grassy, montane habitat, and carry a woolly grey coat to insulate them from the cold of their habitat. Only the males carry the straight horns. Males become extremely aggressive during the breeding season.
The Afrikaans/Dutch spelling, Reebok, is responsible for the name of the British sportswear manufacturing company Reebok.