Steenbok rams and ewes defend and share a territory. They are mainly solitary. Males will mark off their territories with urine and secretions from glands under the chin as well as using dung. They are the only bovid who scrape the ground before and after urination and defecation. The males are known to use roads and telephone lines as boundaries. They have excellent hearing. They have been known to scavenge meat from carcasses as well as kill the young of ground birds but this is due to severe shortages of food.
