Reedbuck are a medium-sized antelope brownish-grey in colour. Shortridge (1934) remarks that most of the Namibian adult male specimens are distinctly greyer than the females and immature animals. The back of the animal is usually darker than the remainder of the upper parts. The undersides of the neck and chest are greyish-white and the underparts of the body are white with a clear transition from the colour of the flanks. There is a distinct dark band down the front of each foreleg and a similar, but less distinct band on the lower part of the hind legs. The hooves tend to be thin and elongated. The bushy tail reaching half way down the hock is buffy-yellow above and white on the underside. The horns (carried by males only) rise from the top of the head, curve evenly forward and are ridged and corrugated for two-thirds of their length. At the base of each horn is a soft bulbous swelling which is conspicuously white.

Waterbuck are large antelopes with the males being slightly heavier and darker coloured than the females. The coarse shaggy coat is dark brownish-grey grizzled with white and grey hairs. Their distinctive characteristic is the white ring encircling the rump, the lower part of which broadens out on the upper part of the hind legs. The ears are short and rounded, white on the inside with a black tips. They have two elongated patches of white extending from above the eyes to the muzzle, a white ring encircling the top of the muzzle, a white patch on the chin and a collar of white on the sides of the neck. The tail has a tuft of long black hair which almost reaches the hocks. The markings in the females are less pronounced than those of the males. The horns (carried by males only) are uniformly crescent-shaped and sweep forward in a curve. They are heavily ringed for three-quarters of their length and smooth towards the tips.

Red Lechwe are a medium-sized antelope with the hindquarters noticeably higher than the shoulders. The coat is bright chestnut on the upper parts of the body and flanks. The white on the underparts extends onto the inside of the legs and upwards to the throat and the base of the tail. There are distinct black lines on the front of the forelegs. The horns (carried by males only) are lyrate with the lower part sweeping backwards and outwards from the head and then upwards to the smooth sharp forwardly curved tips.

Puku are an impala-like antelope slightly smaller than lechwe. The upper parts of the body are golden-yellow with this colour extending down the outside of the limbs. The side of the neck are lighter in colour than the body and the forehead is slightly darker. Short white bands extend above the eyes and the upper lip is white. The throat, underparts of the body and insides of the limbs are also white. The tail is the same colour as the body with a tuft of long hair at the tip. Puku have small, active face glands and well-developed inguinal pouches. The impala-like horns carried by the males are strongly ridged for two-thirds of their length.