Translations:AY Honors/Antelopes - Advanced/Answer Key/64/en
- Antelope Horns
Oryx: Narrow, and straight except in the scimitar oryx, where they curve backwards like a scimitar. Similar in males and in females.
Impala: Males have lyre-shaped horns which can reach up to 90 centimeters in length.
Waterbuck: The long spiral structured horns, found only in males, sweep back and up.
Sable Antelope: Have ringed horns which arch backward, in females these can reach a meter, but in males they can reach over one and a half meters.
Thompsons Gazelle: Long and pointed with slight curvature.
Tsessebe: The horns are lyre-shaped and are conspicuously ringed and can reach 70 centimetres in both sexes.
Roan antelope:ringed and can reach a metre long in males, slightly shorter in females. They arch backwards slightly.
Addax: Found on both males and females, the horns have two twists and can reach 80 centimeters in females and 120 centimeters in males.
Common duiker: The male bears horns which can grow to 4.25 inches (11 cm) long.
Dik-dik: The males have horns, which are small (about 3 in or 7.5 cm), slanted backwards. The females do not have horns.
Klipspringer: Only the males have horns that are usually about 20-25cm (4-6 inches) long.
Kob: The short ringed horns, found only in males, are around 50 centimetres in length and arch out slightly so that they are somewhat 'S' shaped in profile.
Blackbuck: The horns of the Blackbuck are ringed with 3 to 4 turns and can be as long as 28 inches. The female is usually hornless.
Wildebeest: Shaped like parentheses, extending outward to the side and then curving up and inward. In the male the horns can attain a total span of almost 90 centimeters, while the female's horn width is about half the size of the male. These cow-like horns of both sexes are somewhat broad at the base and are without ridges. The male horns have a boss-like structure joining the two horns.
Springbok: Rams have thick horns, the ewes tend to have more frail horns. Average horn length for both genders is 35 cm.
