Klipspringer- The Tiny Antelope
INFORMATION
The Klipspringer is a small antelope found in
the east & South Africa.
Klipspringers are at home in rocky terrain, particularly in green hill areas, but usually live in riverbeds or at rocky hills.
The skin of the Klipspringer which comes from yellowish gray to reddish brown. Which becomes an efficient way of camouflage in its rocky home. Unlike most other antelopes, the Klipspringer has a thick and coarse coat with hollow, brittle (easily breakable) hairs.
Both the male & female have horns which are short (nearly 6 inches) and spiky.
The
are a family of plant eaters (herbivores) and they eat a wide
variety of evergreen shrubs, succulents, vines, seeds, flowers, forbs, and herbs including green grass. They usually don't drink water
for the rocky plants they eat provide with enough water for them.
They can live up to 15 years.
This tiny African antelope who is as small as a hare, has the
meaning of its name as “Rock Jumper” in Dutch. They can
jump up to 25 feet high even when their shoulders are less
than 2 feet.
FUN FACTS
- The first Klipspringer was described by a German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm in 1783. Pretty old species because it’s from the 70s.
- But guess what even though it's from the 70s its endangered only a bit.
- Klipspringers sometimes live in tall hills,
even more than 13,000 feet.
- The Klipspringer's alarm call is a very loud
whistle done through the nose.
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