~ The Klipspringer ~ by Meisiekind
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Description
This is a Klipspringer ewe, which is an Afrikaans name and directly translated means 'rock-jumper'. It has no English name! I have captured this cutie in the Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Weighing 11-13 kg and standing 500-600mm high at the shoulders, this is a small and stocky antelope. Ewes are slightly larger than the rams. Only rams have short horns. Klipspringer have smallish rounded ears positioned far back on the head, and with noticeable dark inner markings. The coarse-haired coat is variable in colour with shades of grey, yellow, brown or red, with marked white underparts, chin and lips.
Thank you for the visit and for your valued comments and favs on my Sable upload of yesterday!
Stay well!
Hugs, Carin xx
Comments (47)
Beautiful animal and capture Carin!
Wow Carin I can always rely on you to introduce me to yet another animal I have never ever seen before. She really is so sweet to look at, and the markings on her face are very unusual. A great shot my friend, hugs Jane xx
What a sweet little animal! I've never heard of these either...great shot!
oh what a cute little animals . .lovely shot !
Un bello scatto ! Animale molto carino ! A nice shot! Animal very nice!
He is adorable, a great capture!
A wonderful image!!
nice capture...
Very beautiful capture!
I had never seen an such animal! Thanks for sharing. Fantastic image! :)
hope he never ended in/on a braaj
Such a sweetie, and just the right size for a house pet!
Thank you so much for this shot and your very interesting Info - I love Nature and Animals
Lekker bokkie, Bokkie! We do have wonderful animals the rest of the world have not seen. Well done on sharing! Cheers, Clive
LOL @ Martin... He is way too small for a braai! (Barbeque)
a nice animal!!!! wonderful photo!!!
Teeny-tiny. And mighty cooperative for you:) She has almost a mustard-yellow color to her coat. Did she bound away shortly after this? Well done and new to me too.
Oh how lovely it is and it has such a cute face. A wonderful capture, my friend. :)
That's a cute looking animal. Very nice nature picture!
interesting pic. i read somewhere that the "coarse-haired coat" is actually rather springy, so that if these nimble animals do fall they have a bit of bounce. probably helps them move fast though thorny shrubs too.
Isn't she lovely, never seen one before, thanks for sharing her.
That is so cool
With a stocky body like that, I find it hard to picture it leaping around on rocks. It doesn't seem nimble enough but the size of the toes tell me otherwise. What an odd little creature this is. I wonder if they could be ranched or if they are even seen as a food source like sheep are. (No I don't look at everything as my dinner but I know that some animals are traditional to some cultures... either now or in the past.)
Cool, i caught only a far off glimpse of one of these in Etosha in May. They're so cool, a little bit like the Dik -Dik's aren't they.
Wonderful shot and interesting information! Thank you Carin!
Wow! Unique and awesome animal!!! Wonderful capture!!!
EXCELLENT SHOT
What an interesting animal! Great capture, thanks for sharing it with us. :)
Very beautiful admission.
very nice!