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Klipspringer

Oreotragus oreotragus

Photo by Smith Zoo
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Field Notes

Description:

Reaching approximately 58 cm (22 inches) at the shoulder, klipspringers are smaller than most other antelopes. They stand on the tips of their hooves and can fit all four hooves on a piece of cliff the size of a Canadian dollar coin, roughly 30 mm in diameter.

Habitat:

A mountain pass in the semiarid desert of the Tankwa National Park.

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