The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Oreotragus oreotragus

 – Lower Risk Conservation Dependent

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: ARTIODACTYLA
Family: BOVIDAE
Scientific Name: Oreotragus oreotragus
Species Authority: (Zimmermann, 1783)
Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Oreotragus oreotragus ssp. porteousi

Common Name/s:
EnglishKLIPSPRINGER

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/cd    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Antelope Specialist Group

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Angola; Botswana; Central African Republic; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe


Possibly extinct regionally:

Burundi

Population

Population Trend: Down

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial
List of Habitats:
2.1Savanna - Dry
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
8.1Desert - Hot

Threats

List of Threats:
3Harvesting (hunting/gathering) (ongoing)
8.1Changes in native species dynamics - Competitors (ongoing)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

East, R. (compiler) 1999. African Antelope Database 1998. IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group.


Citation: Antelope Specialist Group 1996. Oreotragus oreotragus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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