Antelopes

Level: 1

Requirements

• Give the general characteristics of antelopes.
• Give three size-groups of these animals, with two examples of each
• Be able to identify at least 15 different antelopes.
• What do they eat? How do they digest their food?
• Name three ways in which one benefits from having these animals in the country where one lives.
• What are “false hoofs”? Which members of this family do not have them?
• Which antelopes are classed as rare South African animals now? Where can they be seen, outside of the zoo and the museum?
• What natural enemies do the antelopes have? How do antelopes protect themselves and their young?
• Which is:
  • The largest antelope?
  • The swiftest runner?
  • A good fighter?
  • A good jumper?
  • Chiefly nocturnal?
  • Called “the African Chamois”?
  • The national animal of the Union of South Africa?
• Say which antelope you like to watch most. Tell five of its habits.