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#0312 · 🦊 mammals

Steenbok

🇳🇱 Steenbokantilope ·Raphicerus campestris

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe
Steenbok, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © pfaucher · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The steenbok ( Raphicerus campestris ) is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,667iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 5,667 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1811 (215 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Steenbok
Nederlands
Steenbokantilope
scientific name
Raphicerus campestris
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Bovidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
5,667
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1811 by Carl Peter Thunberg

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Bovidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 42375, Wikidata Q368033, GBIF 2441141, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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