Mountain Reedbuck

Rooiribbok · Redunca fulvorufula

The mountain reedbuck is a small, greyish antelope that lives on rocky, grassy hillsides rather than in the wet lowlands. It has a woolly grey coat, a white belly and a bushy tail, with small forward-curving horns on the males. Shy and easily missed, they live in small groups and rely on the rough terrain and their good eyesight to keep safe.

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How to identify it

Smaller and greyer than the southern reedbuck, it lives on dry rocky slopes rather than wet grassland near water.

Look for its tracks

Small slim cloven hoof with pointed halves; like a small impala's, up on grassy hill slopes.

Where to see it in Kruger

Localised on grassy, rocky hill slopes, mainly in the hilly south-west around Malelane and Berg-en-Dal.

Did you know

Unlike its cousin the southern reedbuck, this one prefers dry rocky mountainsides to soggy reed beds.

Often confused with

Southern Reedbuck

Oribi

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