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Ee-go-go of Matabili; Myululu of Makalakas; Gereree of Batongas; Kululu of 
Masaras (Selous); Ikoko of Kaffirs (Drummond) and of Swazis (Rendall) ; 
Kainsi of Hottentots (Thunberg) ; Chinkoma in Nyasa (Crawshay) ; Sasa in 
Amharic ; Embiraqua in Tigré ; Quobtu at Massowa (Heuglin) ; Alikut of Somalis 
(Hoyos). 
Height about 20-22 inches. Fur long and of very peculiar texture, each 
hair being thick, flattened, wavy, and, in fact, quite unlike the hair of 
any other Antelope, but more similar to that of the Musk-Deer. The 
general colour is a curious mixture of brown and greenish yellow, each hair 
being whitish for three-quarters of its length, then brown, and tipped with 
greenish yellow. Specimens vary very much in the vividness and tone of the 
yellow, which, especially in old males, is often exceedingly bright, and even 
verging on orange, particularly along the flanks. Of geographical variation 
we have as yet failed to find any evidence. Chin white; throat grizzled 
brownish yellow; belly whitish. Back of ears grey, their edges black. 
Front and outer sides of limbs like back, inner sides white. Toes just 
above hoofs black. False hoofs large. Tail short and stumpy, coloured like 
the body. 
Skull short and broad; basal length in an adult male 4-4 inches, greatest 
breadth 3°15, muzzle to orbit 2°4. 
Horns attaining a length of 34 or 4 inches. 
Hab. South and East Africa, north to Abyssinia, in mountainous and rocky 
districts. 
The Klipspringer, as this little Antelope is universally called, although 
first made known to us by the Dutch settlers at the Cape, is also found 
in suitable localities throughout Eastern Africa as far north as Abyssinia. 
It derives its appropriate name of “ Cliff-springer” or “ Rock-jumper ” 
from its habits of jumping about amongst the rocky eminences of the 
hills in which it is usually met with. Amongst the early authorities 
on natural history usually quoted Buffon appears to be the first to 
have given a description and figure of this Antelope. In the Supplement 
to his ‘ Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Quadrupédes, published in 
1782, he calls it the ‘“‘ Klipspringer ou Sauteur des Rochers,” and figures 
it from a drawing communicated to him by the Forsters, in whose days 
