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KLIPSPRINGER

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 847 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KLIPSPRINGER , the See also:

BOER

Boer name of a small See also:

AFRICAN

African See also:

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain-See also:

ANTELOPE

antelope (Oreotragus saltator), ranging from the Cape through See also:

East See also:

Africa to See also:

SOMALILAND

Somaliland and See also:

ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia, and characterized by its See also:

blunt rounded hoofs, thick pithy See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and See also:

gold-spangled colouring . The klipspringer represents a genus by itself, the various See also:

LOCAL

local forms not being worthy of more than racial distinction . The activity of these antelopes is marvellous .

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