Common tsessebe are among the fastest antelopes in Africa and can run at speeds up to 90 km/h. They are social animals. Females form herds composed of six to ten with their young. After males turn one year of age, they are ejected from the herd and form bachelor herds that can be as large as 30 young bulls. They are primarily grazing herbivores in grasslands, open plains, and lightly wooded savannahs, but they are also found in rolling uplands and very rarely in flat plains below 1500m above sea level.