Translations:AY Honors/Antelopes/Answer Key/29/en

• Springbok

1. Sprinboks have a pocket-like skin flap which extends along the middle of the back on to the tail. The springbok can lift this flap, which makes the white hairs underneath stand up in a conspicuous 'fan'.
2. Like the Thomson's gazelle, springboks stotter when threatened.
3. They used to be very common, but numbers have recently diminished due to an increase in hunting and more land being fenced off as farm land.
4. They are a small brown and white gazelle that stand about 80 cm (32 in) high.
5. Springboks inhabit the dry inland areas of south and southwestern Africa.