Oreotragus saltatrix, Jard. Nat. Libr. (1) Mamm. vii. p. 221, pl. xxx. (1842); Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 232 (1846); id. Knowsl. Men. p. 8 (1850); id. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 119; id. Ann. Mag. N. H. (2) viii. p. 137 (1851); id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 74 (1852); Gerr. Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 235 (1862); Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. p. 167 (1863); Heugl. Ant. u. Büff. N.O.-Afr. (N. Act. Leop. xxx. pt. 2) p. 9 (1863); Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 170 (1869); Blanf. Zool. Abyss, p. 265 (1870) (Senafé); Gray, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 20 (1872); id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 90 (1873); Drumm. Large Game S. Afr. pp. 396, 425 (1875) (Drakenberg Range); Heugl. Reise N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 104 (1877); Brehm, Thierl. iii. p. 262 (1880); Gigl. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 18 (1888) (Shoa); Bryden, Kloof and Karroo, p. 300 (1889); Hoyos, Zu den Aulihan, p. 186 (1895).
Oreotragus saltator, Kirk, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 657 (Shiré R.); Crawshay, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 653 (Nyasa); Thos. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 211 (Somali), 1892, p. 553 (Nyasa); Nicolls & Egl. Sportsm. S. Afr. p. 26, pl. v. fig. 18 (head) (1892); Swayne, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 308 (Somaliland); Thos. P. Z. S. 1894, p. 145 (Mt. Milanji); Jackson, Badm. Big Game Shooting, i. pp. 285, 309 (1894); Rendall, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 361.
Calotragus saltatrix, Temm. Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 191 (1853).
Antilope klippspringer, Desm. N. Dict. d’H. N. (1) xii. p. 390 (1804), xxiv. Tabl. p. 32 (1804).
Oreotragus typicus, A. Sm. S. Afr. Quart. J. ii. p. 212 (1834).
Calotragus saltatrixoides, Temm. Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 191 (1853) (no description); Rüpp. in Wagn. Schr. Säug. Suppl. v. p. 414 (1855) (Abyssinia).
Antilope saltatrixoides, Wagn. Schr. Säug. Suppl. v. p. 412 (1855).
Oreotragus saltatrixoides, Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 170 (1869).
Vernacular Names:—Klipspringer or Klipbok of Dutch and English Colonists; Ee-go-go of Matabili; Mgululu of Makalakas; Gereree of Batongas; Kululu of Masaras (Selous); Ikoko of Kaffirs (Drummond) and of Swazis (Rendall); Kainsi of Hottentots (Thunberg); Chinkoma in Nyasa (Crawshay); Sasa in Amharic; Embiraqua in Tigré; Quobtu at Massowa (Heuglin); Alikut of Somalia (Hoyos).
Height about 20–22 inches. Fur long and of very peculiar texture, each hair being thick, flattened, wavy, and, in fact, quite unlike the hair of any other Antelope, but more similar to that of the Musk-Deer. The general colour is a curious mixture of brown and greenish yellow, each hair being whitish for three-quarters of its length, then brown, and tipped with greenish yellow. Specimens vary very much in the vividness and tone of the yellow, which, especially in old males, is often exceedingly bright, and even verging on orange, particularly along the flanks. Of geographical variation we have as yet failed to find any evidence. Chin white; throat grizzled brownish yellow; belly whitish. Back of ears grey, their edges black. Front and outer sides of limbs like back, inner sides white. Toes just above hoofs black. False hoofs large. Tail short and stumpy, coloured like the body.