Blackbucks are diurnal grass-eaters. The females form flocks of five to fifty animals. In earlier times, when this antelope was still much more frequent, sometimes up to thousand animals are said to have come together.
Males are territorial at least for a part of the year and
vigorously defend the territory against other males.
Although the horns can potentially cause serious injuries, the fights are mostly ritualized and rarely bloody..
21.11.2019
Since a few weeks a group of blackbucks is living in the Hochwildschutzpark Hunsrück. Their new home is between the raccoons and the highland cattle. Blackbucks used to be a widespread and common antelope species in India. However, because of their beauty, they were strongly hunted. These days, however, populations are no longer considered endangered.