Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- species: Madoqua kirkii
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Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 50-17cm; the coat is grey-brown with fine speckles on the back and buttocks, while the neck and flanks are lighter brown; the belly and the area around the eyes are nearly white; on the forehead is a long tuft of hair, which can be raised; the upper lip is longer than the lower lip; males have short horns that slope backwards; |
Ecoregions: |
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1310
- Kaokoveld desert
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
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References: | Cillié 1997: 62 |