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
Passing now to German East Africa, we find that this Antelope,
according to Herr Matschie, was met with by Böhm in Uniamwezi, south
of Lake Victoria. Here it is the “Jimela” of the natives, which term
Herr Matschie has adopted as its specific designation. In a recent
letter, however, Herr Matschie tells Sclater that the specimens of this
Antelope lately obtained by Herr Oscar Neumann in Kavirondo and other
localities west of Lake Victoria, and by Lieut. Werther on the Rovana
Steppe near Speke Gulf, more nearly resemble _D. korrigum_ of the
West Coast, but it seems to us hardly possible that the western form
should extend so far.
It is certain, however, that we have much more to learn concerning the
distribution of this Antelope and its allied forms before the question
of their specific relations and the areas which they respectively
occupy can be deemed settled.
Besides the skull from the Juba, received from Sir John Kirk, the
British Museum possesses a mounted specimen of the adult male of this
Antelope obtained by Mr. Jackson in the Kilimanjaro district in 1893,
and a flat skin procured by the same gentleman near Malindi.
_January, 1895._
[Illustration:
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. VIII
The Bontebok.
DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS.
_Published by R. H. Porter._
_Wolf del. Smit lith._ _Hanhart imp._]
13. THE BONTEBOK.
DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS (PALL.).
[PLATE VIII.]
_Antilope dorcas_, =Pall.= Misc. Zool. p. 6 (1766) (nec _Capra
dorcas_, L.).
_Antilope pygarga_, =Pall.= Spic. Zool. fasc. i. p. 10 (1767),
fasc. xii. p. 15 (1777); =Erxl.= Syst. R. A. p. 287 (1777);
=Zimm.= Geogr. Gesch. ii. p. 119 (1780); =Gatt.= Brev. Zool.
i. p. 82 (1780); =Schreb.= Säug. pl. cclxxiii. (1784); =Bodd.=
Elench. Anim. p. 143 (1785); =Gmel.= Linn. S. N. i. p. 187
(1788); =Kerr=, Linn. An. K. p. 311 (1792); =Donnd.= Zool.
Beytr. p. 628 (1792); =Bechst.= Uebers. vierf. Thiere, i. p. 87,
ii. p. 644 (1800); =Shaw=, Gen. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 352 (1801);
=Turt.= Linn. S. N. i. p. 113 (1802); =Desm.= N. Dict. d’H. N.
(1) xxiv. tabl. p. 33 (1804); =G. Cuv.= Dict. Sci. Nat. ii. p.
233 (1804); =Licht.= Mag. nat. Freund. Berl. vi. p. 166 (1814);
=G. Fisch.= Zoogn. iii. p. 435 (1814); =Afzel.= N. Act. Upsal.
vii. p. 220 (1815); =Desm.= N. Dict. d’H. N. (2) ii. p. 186
(1816); =Goldf.= in Schreb. Säug. v. p. 1187 (1820); =Schinz=,
Cuv. Thierr. i. p. 388 (1821); =Desm.= Mamm. ii. p. 456 (1822);
=Desmoul.= Dict. Class. d’H. N. i. p. 443 (1822); =Burch.= List
Quadr. pres. to B. M. p. 5 (1825) (Swellendam); =Less.= Man.
Mamm. p. 373 (1827); =Smuts=, Enum. Mamm. Cap. p. 73 (1832);
=Waterh.= Cat. Mamm. Mus. Z. S. (2) p. 41 (1838); =Wagn.= Schr.
Säug. Suppl. iv. p. 412 (1844), v. p. 447 (1855); =Schinz=, Syn.
Mamm. ii. p. 402 (1845).
_Capra cervicapra_, =Müll.= Naturs. i. p.414 (1773) (_nec_ L.).
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