Steenbok

Weight

10.5 kg – 11.3 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

9.32 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

14 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

167 days – 199 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

7.68 months – 7.98 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.42src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The steenbok is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusRaphicerus
7. SpeciesRaphicerus campestris (Thunberg, 1811)

Synonyms Antilope campestris, Capensis capricornis, Cunenensis fulvorubescens, Horstockii ibex, Kelleni natalensis, Neumanni pallida, Pediotragus rupestris, Raphicerus campestris kelleni, Steinhardti stigmatus, Subulata tragulus, Ugabensis zukowskyi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Cape grysbok

Raphicerus melanotis

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Sharpe's grysbok

Raphicerus sharpei

Bovidae

L

Limpopo grysbok

Raphicerus colonicus

BovidaeNo free photo yet

CompareSteenbok vs Cape grysbokSteenbok vs Sharpe's grysbokSteenbok vs Limpopo grysbok

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@misc{steenbok_2026,
  title = {Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/steenbok},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}