218 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
two very nearly allied forms are found 
in Senegal and Abyssinia respectively. 
In most species of duikers both 
sexes are horned, but in the case of 
the common duiker it is very excep- 
tional to find a female with horns, 
and in all my experience I have only 
known of three such cases. 
The FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE is 
the Indian representative of the African 
duikers, and is found along the foot 
of the Himalaya from the Punjab to 
Nepal, and in suitable localities through- 
out the peninsula of India. It frequents 
wooded hills, but avoids dense jungle. 
Like its nearest allies, the duikers, it 
MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK is solitary in its habits, more than 
two of these antelopes seldom being 
seen together. The growth of four 
horns on the skull of this antelope and 
on certain breeds of domesticated sheep is a curious fact which has not roused as much comment 
as it deserves. 
Phote by W, P. Dando) 
One of a group of small antelopes still common in many parts of Africa 
THE KLIPSPRINGER 
Turning to the second sub-family, we may select the KLIPSPRINGER as the most characteristic 
species to describe. This beautiful little animal; which is often called the African Chamois, is 
found in suitable localities from the Cape to Abyssinia. In the southern and northern portions 
of its range the klipspringer is an inhabitant only of rugged mountain-ranges, and ascends 
to a height of 9,coo or 10,000 feet above sea-level. In the more central regions of its 
habitat, however, although it always lives amongst rocks, and thoroughly justifies its name 
of “rock-jumper,” it is often found in regions where there are no high mountain-ranges. It 
used to be very common in Matabililand, both in the Matopo Hills and on the isolated 
granite kopjes which are so numerous 
in that country, and usually are 
not more than 200 or 300 feet in 
height. In Mashonaland I have 
found it living amongst granite rocks 
in the beds of the larger rivers, and 
actually on the same level as the 
surrounding country; whereas on 
Wedza, a great mountain-mass of 
slate and ironstone, which rises to 
a height of about 2,000 feet above 
the surrounding country, and to the 
top of which I once climbed, I did 
notsee any klipspringers. The hoofs 
of this little animal are curiously 
different from those of any other 
African antelope, being remarkably 
short and small, with very deep 
hollows. This adaptation to its re- 
quirements enables the klipspringer 
to obtain a foothold on any small 
Photo by S. G Payne, Aylesbury, by permission of the Hon, Walter Rothschild 
MALE IMPALA, OR PALLA 
The beautifully curved horns of the male palla form some of the most graceful of 
trophies 
