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I fiddled about with the photo, but could not get much in the way of markings except very veined ears, which I think they both have. It looks to me rather large for a steenbok; on the other hand could see no sign of the kudu mane. But that could have been the angle of the pic. When I looked at a steenbok pic, the ears did look very like those too.

The more I look at it, the more I think its a Hybrid!!

The neck length of a Kudu, and the ears of a steenbok! Young Kudu seems very possible!!

Could we add a Duiker to the mix....then again it could be a steenbok caught on a weird angle, also standing on a slope, stretching to see whats happening...okay, I'm not sure.......

cptphotographer, your thoughts, are my thoughts, a steenbok peering over the sand dune!

I wasn't aware that kudus come that far south in KTP, but it is not a steenbok or duiker -- too big, and the slight tuft on the back seems to be more like a young kudu. Lets all go back there to try and ID it properly!

God bless

Friedrich von Hörsten

And yet, looking at the pic again, the ears look like a steenbok's ears!

Thanks for gettings us thinking!

FvH

Wow, I thought this would be a simple, 'That's a _________'.

Instead, guessing like this is much more fun! Thanks for all the ideas

Ah - you mean it wasn't a test?

Hehe- of course it wasn't a test! I was looking for EXPERTS who could help the clueless girl who had never seen an African antelope/ deer thing in her life up until this year.

Experts huh? Well, as you can see, we are all pretty expert - in our own way that is . . . .
I see you are off to KTNP again fairly soon. I am green with envy; have a great time.

I'm just about almost expert enough to keep my nose out of this one!

(BTW is must be pointless at this stage to ask whether you have another photo available which just might make it possible to i.d. that herbivore!

(Maybe Moose could go back to Melkvlei and take another pic?)

Full of jokes as usual Imberbe!!

Hi,
I think,it is a Kudu!
The shape of Steenbocks ears are different!



Pic taken Oct.08 in KTP.,near Grootkolk.

Ingrid

Its not a kudu ingrid, its too small.

I'd say it is a Steenbok because the colour of the coat is ideal, the underside is white to the correct proportion. The Steenbok has a distinctive black stripe on the snout, and this is present in the photo. The ears look fine to me, they are a bit big hey? This is also exactly the kind of habitat the Steenbok would be found in.