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Klipspringer

Oreotragus oreotragus

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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28.0836, -80.6081

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Description:

The word klipspringer literally means "rock jumper" in Afrikaans. The klipspringer is also known colloquially as a mvundla (from the Xhosa umvundla, meaning "rabbit").

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