The book of antelopes, vol. 1 (of 4)Sclater, Philip Lutley
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The book of antelopes, vol. 1 (of 4)
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Antelopes
_a^1._ General colour blackish, with a yellowish lumbar
stripe.--W. Africa.
19. _C. sylvicultrix._
_b^1._ General colour of body grey, of head and neck
black.--W. Africa.
20. _C. jentinki._
_b._ Size medium or small: hind foot less than 10 in.; basal
length of skull less than 8·5.
_a^1._ General ground-colour fulvous, rufous, or chestnut.
_a^2._ Back not transversely striped. No heel-tufts.
_a^3._ Colour quite uniform, no mesial dark markings on the
face or elsewhere.
_a^4._ Size larger; hind foot (?hoof included) 9·5 in.--E.
Africa.
21. _C. spadix._
_b^4._ Size smaller; hind foot without hoof 7·5 in.--S.E.
Africa.
22. _C. natalensis._
_b^3._ Mesial dark markings present either on face or on back or
on both.
_a^4._ Darker markings shining black or brown.
_a^5._ Back uniform rufous, no dorsal stripe.
_a^6._ Ground-colour pale bay, lighter below; chin white;
hoofs normal.--E. Africa
23. _C. harveyi._
_b^6._ Ground-colour dark chestnut above and below; hoofs
elongated.--W.Africa
24. _C. nigrifrons._
_b^5._ Back with a black dorsal stripe continued on to the
tail.--All W. Africa.
_a^6._ Tail black and white; back of hams red or white.
_a^7._ Centre line of face decidedly darker than flanks.
Dorsal line from nape.
_a^8._ Sternal region and back of hams white. Tail tufted
at tip
25. _C. leucogaster._
_b^8._ Sternal region and back of hams as dark as or darker
than the body. Tail evenly haired, not tufted
26. _C. dorsalis._
_b^7._ Face uniformly rufous yellow, like the flanks. Dorsal
line from withers
27. _C. ogilbyi._
_b^6._ Tail nearly wholly black; back of hams also black.
28. _C. callipygus._
_b^4._ Darker markings bluish grey.--W. Africa.
29. _C. rufilatus._
_b^2._ Back transversely banded. Heels with tufts.--W. Africa.
30. _C. doriae._
_b^1._ General colour smoky brown or blackish.
_a^2._ Size larger; hind foot 8·25. Face more rufous than
body.--W. Africa
31. _C. niger._
_b^2._ Size smaller; hind foot less than 7·5 in. Face like
back.
_a^3._ Legs greyish brown, like body.
_a^4._ Rump not particoloured.--Sierra Leone.
32. _C. maxwelli._
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