Oreotragus oreotragus

Length: 75-115 cm (29-45")

Height: 43-60 cm (17-24")

Tail: 6-10 cm (2-4")

Weight: 8-18 kg (18-40 lb.)

Status: common

Habitat: It must have cover and sufficient food. It is not found on the open plains. Klipspringers prefer areas with steep, rocky cliffs. In the Serengeti-Mara, this antelope is the antelope associated with kopjes.

Role: herbivore

Food: Klipspringers must have access to water. They are browsers and eat a variety of leaves, shoots, berries, fruits and seed pods. From time to time they will also eat grass.

Predators: leopards, eagles, owls, lions, spotted hyena, baboons and caracals