Oreotragus oreotragus - #184
Klipspringer
Rear view with side view of head. Oreotragus oreotragus schillingsi. Formerly as Oreotragus oreotragus saltatrixoides. Also as Oreotragus schillingsi, Maasai Klipspringer.
Geographic Distribution
SW Angola, E Botswana, Burundi (extinct?), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, C Nigeria, Central African Republic (NE and NW only), Dem. Rep. Congo (SE Shaba Prov. and formerly in western Rift Valley), Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, N Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, NE and SE Sudan, Tanzania, NE and SW Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Former or present occurrence in Lesotho unconfirmed.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Oreotragus
Specific Epithet
oreotragus
Image Location
Kenya, Taita-Taveta county (former Coast province) Tsavo National Park
Image Date
1973
Photographer
DC Gordon