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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 





Skull and Head of Klipspringer, from specimens shot in Somaliland by 

 Lieut. -Col. H. G. C. Swayne. 



The KLIPSPRINGER (Oreotragus saltator). 



Alakud of the Somalis. Ikumi of the Basutos. 



Chipomco of the Chilalas. Klipbok of the Boers. 



Chinkomo of the Chinyanjas. Ligoka of the Zulus and Swazis. 



Ingulnlu of the Makalakas. Njerere in the Batoka country. 



Sassa of the Abyssinians. 



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 



