Oreotragus somalicus, Neumann, 1902
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Somali Klipspringer
French: Oréotrague de Somalie / German: Somali-Klippspringer / Spanish: Saltarrocas de Somalia
Taxonomy. Oreotragus somalicus Neumann, 1902 ,
Sheikh, Golis Mountains, northern Somalia.
Formerly considered a synonym of O. saltatrixoides . Monotypic.
Distribution. N Sudan through Eritrea and N Somalia to N Ethiopia. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 74-77 cm, tail 7-6 cm, shoulder height 51-53 cm. Skull length is 13 cm in males (only one skull is available) and 14.1-14. 6 cm in females. The male Somali Klipspringer is the smallest of the klipspringers, but females are much larger than males, and in the middle range of klipspringer size. Horns are particularly long, about 9-5 cm. General color of the Somali Klipspringeris grayish or yellow-olive, with little or no differentiation of color between foreparts and hindparts; brown on the crown, legs contrastingly gray in front; underside white. The teeth are relatively small.
Habitat. The Somali Klipspringer uses rocky areas, like all klipspringers.
Food and Feeding. A concentrate selector,like all klipspringers.
Breeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but given the habitat and climate ofits range, breeding is likely to be seasonal.
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species. Other klipspringers are crepuscular, with most activity in early morning and especially in late afternoon.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no specific information available for this species. Other klipspringers are territorial, marking boundaries of territories with dung piles and secretions from preorbital glands.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List (under O. oreotragus ). Oreotragus taxa, except the Nigerian Klipspringer (O. o. porteoust), are not considered separately by IUCN.
Bibliography. Estes (1991), Groves & Grubb (2011), Kingdon (1982), Roosevelt & Heller (1914).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Oreotragus somalicus
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Oreotragus somalicus
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