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
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| | | | |
| | 1. (♂.) | 2. (♀.) | 3. (♀.) |
| | | | |
+---------------------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+
| | in. | in. | in. |
| Height at shoulder | 17¾ | 18 | 16¾ |
| | | | |
|Circumference of barrel } | | | |
| behind shoulder } | 18¾ | 18¼ | 17¼ |
| | | | |
| Point of shoulder to nose | 12¼ | 14 | 12¾ |
| | | | |
| Circumference of neck | 10 | 9¼ | 9¼ |
| | | | |
| Nose to tail | 36¼ | 38 | 39¼ |
| | | | |
| Weight | 26 lbs. | 27½ lbs. | 25½ lbs.”|
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_May, 1895._
[Illustration:
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. XVII.
_J. Smit del et lith._ _Hanhart imp._
Harvey’s Duiker.
CEPHALOPHUS HARVEYI.
_Published by R. H. Porter._]
23. HARVEY’S DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS HARVEYI, THOS.
[PLATE XVII.]
_Cephalolophus natalensis_, =Noack=, Humboldt, v. pt. 9, p. 6,
fig. 5 (animal) (1886); =Thos.= P. Z. S. 1892, p. 419 (in part,
_nec_ A. Smith).
_Cephalophus nigrifrons_, =True=, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 476
(1892) (Taveta) (_nec_ Gray).
_Cephalophus harveyi_, =Thos.= Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) xi. p. 48
(1893); =Lyd.= Horns and Hoofs, p. 210 (1893); =Jackson=, Badm.
Libr. Big Game Shooting, i. pp. 167, 285, 308 (1894); =Thos.=
Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xv. p. 6 (1895) (Somali).
Size and general coloration almost exactly as in _C. natalensis_,
but with a brown or blackish blaze on the face as in _C.
nigrifrons_, extending from the nasals to the occiput, and expanding
on the forehead. Feet slender; hoofs not specially elongated.
Skull much roughened and swollen in the frontal region; muzzle rather
short and conical; median notch of palate but little deeper than the
lateral ones.
Horns (♂) conical, very thick at the base, their greatest basal
diameter going barely two and a half times in their length, which in an
old individual is 3·1 inches.
Dimensions:--Skull, basal length 5·9 inches, greatest breadth 3, muzzle
to orbit 3·3.
_Hab._ British East Africa (Kilimanjaro district) and Southern
Somaliland.
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