Bushbuck or waterbuck? Nyala or kudu? Impala or springbok?
Old World ruminants from the Bovidae family that are not bovines, sheep, goats, deer, or giraffes are antelope.
There are 91 species of antelope, spread through Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian sub-continent.
Deer, on the other hand, are from the Cervidae family, and native to all continents except Australia and Antartica. There is only one native African deer, the Barbary stag.
Learning to differentiate between similar species by their horns or stripes or spots or eye patches is one of wildlife’s challenges.

A large family of sambar deer in the early morning mist, Mae Ping National Park, between Chiang Mai and Bangkook, Thailand.

Kafue National Park, about the size of Belgium, islocated in the centre of Zambia. Not only impala stroll through the campsites, but elephants and lions come by regularly, too.