Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- species: Oreotragus oreotragus
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Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 60 cm; thick yellow to grey-brown coat with white belly; large tear-shaped markings in front of the eyes; males are smaller than females and have short (8 cm), erect horns; the klipspringer is stouter than the duiker which also lacks the tear marks; |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1201
- Albany thickets
- AT1202
- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1203
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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References: | Cillié 1997: 50 |