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Klipspringer
Klipspringer
(Oreotragus oreotragus)
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Close up of a klipspringer
© Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com
Klipspringer
© Tony Heald / naturepl.com
Male klipspringer
© Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com
Klipspringer portrait
© Tony Heald / naturepl.com
Female klipspringer
© Tony Heald / naturepl.com
Klipspringer on look out
© Wendy Dennis / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Klipspringer, rear view
© Wendy Dennis / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Klipspringer, front view
© Nigel J. Dennis / www.nhpa.co.uk
Klipspringer pair
© John Cancalosi / naturepl.com
Male klipspringer feeding
© Gerard Lacz / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Klipspringer female browsing
© Alan Weaving / www.ardea.com
Klipspringer scent-marking
© Anthony Bannister / www.nhpa.co.uk
Male and female klipspringers marking territory
© Wendy Dennis / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Klipspringer's glandular secretion from preorbital gland, used to mark territory
© Peter Steyn / www.ardea.com
Female klipspringer
© Ingrid van den Berg / www.ardea.com
Klipspringer camouflaged in habitat
© John Cancalosi / naturepl.com
Male klipspringer on rock
© Mike Hill / www.osfimages.com
Klipspringers on rocks
© Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com
Three klipspringers, showing habitat
© C. W. Helliwell / www.osfimages.com
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