African Game Species

Species

Natural Habitat

Important Food

Water Dependent

Small Game

Damara Dik-Dik

Dense thickets and shrubs

Browse

No

Duiker - Blue

Forest, coastal dense thicket

Browse

Yes

Duiker - Common

Thickets, shade, cover

Browse

No

Duiker - Red

Forest, dense thickets

Browse

Yes

Grysbok - Cape

Dense shrub bushveld

Browse

No

Klipspringer

Hills, mountains

Browse

No

Steenbok

Open grassland, bushveld

Browse, some grass

No

Suni

Thickets, dense shrub and underbrush

Browse

No

Medium Sized

Bushbuck

Thickets, dense shrub near water

Browse

Yes

Bushpig

Bushveld, grassland, forest

Omnivorous

Yes

Impala - both spp.

Open bushveld

Browse & grass

Yes

Oribi

Open grasslands with slopes, floodplains

Short grass

No

Reedbuck - Common

Tall grasslands and floodplains near water

Grass

Yes

Reedbuck - Mountain

Mountain slopes with grass cover

Grass

Yes

Rhebuck - Grey

Mountain slopes with grass cover

Browse, some grass

No

Springbok

Dry open short grasslands, Open bushveld

Browse & grass

No

Warthog

Open bushveld, floodplains

Grass & browse

Yes

Large

Blesbok

Highveld grassland

Grass

Yes

Bontebok

Coastal plains, fynbos

Grass

Yes

Hartebeest - Red

Open bushveld, grassland

Grass, some browse

Yes

Kudu

Bushveld, rocky terrain

Browse, some grass

Yes

Lechwe - Red

Floodplains

Grass, sedges

Yes

Nyala

Dense bushveld

Grass & browse

No

Oryx (Gemsbok)

Open dry bushveld

Grass and browse

No

Roan Antelope

Open bushveld, tall grass in floodplains

Grass

Yes

Sable Antelope

Open bushveld with tall grassland

Grass, some browse

Yes

Tsessebe

Bushveld - grassland ecotone

Grass

Yes

Waterbuck

Open bushveld, floodplains

Grass

No

Wildebeest - Black

Open grassland

Grass

Yes

Wildebeest - Blue

Open bushveld

Grass

Yes

Zebra - Burchell's

Open bushveld, grassland

Grass, some browse

Yes

Zebra - Hartman & Cape Mountain

Mountains, dry areas

Grass, some browse

Yes

Very Large

Cape buffalo

Open bushveld, tall grass

Grass

Yes

Eland

Bushveld to open dry areas

Browse & grass

No

Elephant

Bushveld, forests

Browse & grass

Yes

Giraffe

Open bushveld

Browse

No

Hippo

Open water in savanna biome

Grass

Yes

Rhino - Black

Bushveld

Browse

Yes

Rhino - White

Bushveld with short grassland

Grass

Yes

Species

Adult male mean mass
Kg (=2.2lbs)

Horns present on females

Age at sexual maturity - males (months)

Peak calving season

Life expectancy in nature (years)

Small Game

Damara Dik-Dik

5

No

8 - 9

-

4

Duiker - Blue

4

Yes

9

Sept.-Nov.

6

Duiker - Common

16

No

12

-

12

Duiker - Red

12

Yes

12

-

15

Grysbok - Cape

10

No

17 - 18

Spring?

8

Klipspringer

10

No

12

Dec.-Jan.

8

Steenbok

11

No

9

Sept.-Oct.

8

Suni

5

No

8 - 9

-

-

Medium Sized

Bushbuck

50

No

10 - 11

Oct.-Nov.

10

Bushpig

62

-

18 - 21

-

15

Impala - both spp.

50 - 63

No

16 - 18

Dec.-Jan.

14

Oribi

14

No

14

Oct.-Dec.

13

Reedbuck - Common

78

No

18 - 24

Dec.-May

9

Reedbuck - Mountain

30

No

10 - 11

Aug.-May

12

Rhebuck - Grey

20

No

-

Nov.-Dec.

9

Springbok

41

Yes

11 - 12

Sept.-Jan.

10

Warthog

100

-

17 - 18

Nov.-Dec.

17

Large

Blesbok

70

Yes

28

Nov.-Dec.

12

Bontebok

61

Yes

28

Sept.-Oct.

12

Hartebeest - Red

150

Yes

30

Sept.-Nov.

15

Kudu

250

No

21 - 24

Feb.

15

Lechwe - Red

118

No

15

Aug.-Dec.

-

Nyala

108

No

18

Aug.-Dec.

15

Oryx (Gemsbok)

240

Yes

18 - 24

Aug.-Sept.

20

Roan Antelope

270

Yes

30 - 36

None

19

Sable Antelope

230

Yes

30 - 36

Feb.-April

18

Tsessebe

140

Yes

40 - 42

Oct.-Nov.

15

Waterbuck

260

No

14

Oct.; Feb.-Mar.

16

Wildebeest - Black

180

Yes

36

Dec.-Jan.

18

Wildebeest - Blue

250

Yes

36

Nov.-Dec.

18

Zebra - Burchell's

320

-

30 - 36

Dec.-Feb.

22

Zebra - Hartman & Cape Mountain

235 - 300

-

42 -54

Oct.-April

20

Very Large

Cape buffalo

800

Yes

30 - 36

Jan.-Feb.

22

Eland

650

Yes

15 - 24

Aug.-Nov.

18

Elephant

5500

-

156

Jan.-March

65

Giraffe

1200

Yes

32 - 40

Feb.-March

20

Hippo

1500

-

84

March-June

45

Rhino - Black

850

Yes

96

Jan.; June-July

35

Rhino - White

2100

Yes

60

March-April

40