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Answer for the clue "Small African antelope — sprig per kiln (anag) ", 12 letters:
klipspringer

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The klipspringer ( Oreotragus oreotragus ) is a small antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The sole member of its genus, the klipspringer was first described by German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann in 1783. The klipspringer ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Klipspringer \Klip"spring`er\, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.] (Zo["o]l.) A small, graceful South African antelope ( Nanotragus oreotragus ), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi .

Usage examples of klipspringer.

There were gemsbok and eland head to complete the display of larger antelope and next to them, in a cluster of five heads, were the smaller variety of buck: grey duiker, klipspringer, steenbok, reebok, and springbok.

I enjoyed very goof sport on the road, arriving at the stead laden with one pauw, two koran, and a little klipspringer buck which I had been lucky enough to shoot as it bounded out of some rocks in front of me.

I enjoyed very good sport on the road, arriving at the stead laden with one pauw, two koran, and a little klipspringer buck which I had been lucky enough to shoot as it bounded out of some rocks in front of me.

The Colonel could see a few of his troops bounding like klipspringers across a stretch of slope scoured by a rockslide.

It consisted of game--blauwbok, springbok, steinbok, klipspringer, hartebeest, wildebeest, the black and the blue--no lobster at all, and it took even longer to eat.