188 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Head of Klipspringer. 
The KLIPSPRINGER (Oreotragus saltator). 
Alakud, Somali. Klipbok, Boer. 
Chipomco, Chilala. Ligoka, Zulu and Swazi. 
Chinkomo, Chinyanja. Nyerert, Batoka. 
Ingululu, Makalaka. Sassa, Abyssinian. 
Tkumz, Basuto. Ngombantz, Chila. 
Not only from the other members of the oribi group, but from 
antelopes of all kinds, the agile little klipspringer, or “ rock-jumper,” 
is distinguished by the peculiar conformation of its hoofs and the 
structure of its hair. The former are large, cylindrical, blunt, and so 
situated in regard to the rest of the limb that the animal walks on 
what corresponds to their tips in other antelopes, the whole hoof thus 
rising vertically from the ground. As regards the hair, this may best 
be compared with that of the musk-deer, having the same brittle, 
pithy structure. Lateral hoofs are retained ; the tail is reduced to a 
mere rudimentary stump; and the horns of the bucks rise nearly 
vertically from the head, with a slight forward curvature, and are 
ringed for their basal third. The hairs are olive-grey tipped with 
golden yellow, thus giving the characteristic speckled hue to the 
coat. Height at shoulder from about 20 to 22 inches. 
Distribution.—Mountainous and rocky districts in South and East 
Africa, from the Cape northwards to Abyssinia. The species has 
been divided into several local races of which the typical southern 
one has relatively short ears, with little black on them. To bag 
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