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
_b^4._ Rump particoloured.
_a^5._ Belly usually lighter than back; female
horned.--Cameroons; Zanzibar
33. _C. melanorheus._
_b^5._ Belly not or little lighter than back; female
hornless.--Uganda
34. _C. æquatorialis._
_b^3._ Legs rufous; rump not particoloured.--S.E. Africa.
35. _C. monticola._
B. Horns, when present, slanting upwards at a sharp angle above
the nasal profile; females normally hornless. Ears long, pointed,
their length equal to or exceeding the distance from the eye to the
rhinarium. General colour yellow or greyish; no darker markings on the
body, but a brown nasal patch present. (TRUE DUIKERS.)
_a._ Size smaller: hind foot less than 9 in.; basal length
of skull less than 5·5.
_a^1._ Colour bright yellow.--W. Africa
36. _C. coronatus._
_b^1._ Colour grizzled greyish brown.--Abyssinia
37. _C. abyssinicus._
_b._ Size larger: hind foot more than 9·5 in.; basal length of
skull more than 6·0.--Southern Africa
38. _C. grimmi_[11].
[Illustration:
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. XIII.
_J. G. Keulemans del._
_J. Smit lith._ _Hanhart imp._
The Yellow-backed Duiker.
CEPHALOPHUS SYLVICULTRIX.
_Published by R. H. Porter._]
[Illustration:
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. XIV.
_Smit lith._ _Hanhart imp._
Fig. 1. The Black Duiker.
CEPHALOPHUS NIGER.
Fig. 2. The Yellow-backed Duiker.
CEPHALOPHUS SYLVICULTRIX.
_Published by R. H. Porter._]
19. THE YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS SYLVICULTRIX (AFZ.).
[PLATES XIII. AND XIV. FIG. 2.]
_Antilope silvicultrix_, =Afzelius=, N. Act. Ups. vii. p. 265,
pi. viii. (animal) (1815) (Sierra Leone); =Goldf.= Schreb. Säug.
v. p. 1238 (1818); =Desm.= Mamm. ii. p. 462 (1822); =Less.=
Man. Mamm. p. 378 (1827); =Fisch.= Syn. Mamm. p. 457 (1829);
=Waterh.= Cat. Mamm. Mus. Z. S. (2) p. 41 (1838).
_Antilope (Cephalophus) sylvicultrix_, =Ham. Sm.= Griff. Cuv.
An. K. iv. p. 258, plate (♂), v. p. 344 (1827); =Less.= H. N.
Mamm. (Compl. Buff, x.) p. 293 (1836); =Gerv.= Dict. Sci. Nat.
Supp. i. p. 262 (1840); =Less.= N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 178
(1842); =Wagn.= Schr. Säug. Supp. iv. p. 446 (1844), v. p. 422
(1855); =Gieb.= Säug. p. 322 (1859).
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