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title: "Reebokantilope"
description: "Pelea capreolus — Zoogdieren. The grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), locally known as the vaalribbok in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/grey-rhebok
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Reebokantilope

> Pelea capreolus — Zoogdieren. The grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), locally known as the vaalribbok  in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini.

- Scientific name: *Pelea capreolus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1275
- Wikidata: [Q754395](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754395)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42336](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42336)

## Names

- en: Grey Rhebok
- de: Rehantilope
- es: Pelea
- fr: Péléa
- nl: Reebokantilope
- pl: Pelea sarnia

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1148), SZ (18), LS (16)

## Summary

The grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), locally known as the vaalribbok  in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The specific name capreolus is Latin for 'little goat'.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_rhebok

## Photo

![Reebokantilope](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-rhebok/medium.jpg)

Photo: Klaus Wehrlin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237684839

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-rhebok?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).