The book of antelopes, vol. 2 (of 4)Sclater, Philip Lutley
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The book of antelopes, vol. 2 (of 4)
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Antelopes
Reedbucks, even in the same district, appear to vary much in size,
in colour, and in other external characters, and some authorities
have attempted to divide them into several species. Sundevall, in
his ‘Expositio Pecorum,’ has described four varieties of the present
animal, remarking that all the specimens he has examined varied a
little amongst themselves. Besides the differences in the direction of
the hairs on the head, to which he alludes, there is much variation in
the amount and in the depth of the dark markings on the feet, which are
quite black in some examples and brown in others. Our figure (Plate
XLIII.), which has been put upon the stone by Mr. Smit from an original
drawing by Wolf (kindly lent to us by Sir Douglas Brooke), shows this
particular feature in its less decided form. It was probably taken from
a mounted specimen in the British Museum, but we regret to say there is
no absolute certainty upon this point.
Living specimens of the Reedbuck are occasionally brought to Europe,
but are rarely seen in our menageries, and do not bear captivity
easily. The Zoological Society of London received examples of this
species in 1864, 1865, and 1879, but none of them lived long in the
Gardens.
_February, 1897._
71. THE BOHOR.
CERVICAPRA BOHOR (RÜPP.).
_Antilope redunca_, =Rüpp.= N. Wirb. Abyss, p. 20, pl. vii. fig.
1 (1835) (Woggers, Abyssinia) (_nec_ Pall.).
_Eleotragus reduncus_, =Heugl.= Ant. u. Büff. N.O.-Afr. (N. Act.
Leop. xxx. pt. 2), p. 11 (1863); =Sclat.= P. Z. S. 1864, p. 101
(Usagara, _Speke_); =Jent.= Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. P.-B.
xi.) p. 150 (1892).
_Redunca bohor_, =Rüpp.= Verz. Senck. Mus. p. 38, Osteol. p. 50
(1842); Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 169 (1869).
_Antilope_ (_Redunca_) _bohor_, =Wagn.= Schr. Säug. Suppl. iv.
p. 425 (1844), v. p. 432 (1855).
_Cervicapra bohor_, =Sund.= Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1844,
p. 195 (1846); =id.= Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr.
ii. p. 146; Reprint, p. 70 (1848); =Scl.= List An. Zool. Soc.
(8) p. 144 (1883), (9) p. 153 (1896); =Günth.= P. Z. S. 1890,
p. 604; =Flow. & Lyd.= Mamm. p. 340 (1891); =Ward=, Horn Meas.
(1) p. 93 (1892), (2) p. 136 (1896); =Lyd.= Horns and Hoofs, p.
229 (1893); =Jackson=, Badm. Big Game Shooting, i. pp. 285 & 297
(1894); =Matschie=, Thierw. Ost-Afr., Säug. p. 128 (1895).
_Eleotragus bohor_, =Temm.= Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 191 (1853).
_Eleotragus arundinaceus_, =Heugl.= Ant. u. Büff. N.O.-Afr. (N.
Act. Leop. xxx. pt. ii. p. 11 (1863) (Sobat); =Pagenst.= JB.
Hamb. ii. p. 36 (1884) (Maurui, Masailand); =True=, Pr. U. S.
Nat. Mus. xv. p. 472 (1892) (Kilimanjaro).
_Antilope arundinacea_, =Schweinf.= Herz von Afrika, ii. pp. 465
& 534 (1874).
_Cervicapra arundineum_, =Lugard=, E. Afr. i. p. 538 (1893)
(Ruwenzori).
_Kobus_, sp. inc., =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1864, p. 103 (Uganda).
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