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
_Neotragus tragulus_, =Scl.= List Anim. Zool. Soc. (8) p. 145
(1883); =id.= P. Z. S. 1861, p. 209.
_Antilope tragulus rupestris_, =Licht.= Mag. nat. Freund. vi. p.
177 (1814); =Forst.= Descr. Anim. p. 376 (1844).
_Antilope rupestris_, =Burch.= Travels, i. pp. 202, 281 (1822),
ii. p. 15 (1824); =H. Sm.= Griff. An. K. iv. p. 248, v. p. 340
(1827); =Schinz=, Syn. Mamm. ii. p. 412 (1845).
_Tragulus rupestris_, =A. Sm.= S. Afr. Quart. J. ii. p. 212
(1834); =Harris=, Wild An. S. Afr. pl. xxv. fig. 2 (♂) (1840).
_Antilope capensis_ (misprint for _campestris_), =Afzel.= N.
Act. Ups. vii. p. 254 (1815).
_Antilope ibex_, =Afzel.= N. Act. Ups. vii. p. 263 (1815);
=Less.= Man. Mamm. p. 376 (1827).
_Cerophorus_ (_Cervicapra_) _stenbock_, =Blainv.= Bull. Soc.
Philom. 1816, p. 75.
_Cerophorus_ (_Cervicapra_) _acuticornis_, =Blainv.= Bull. Soc.
Philom. 1816, pp. 75 & 79; =id.= Journ. Phys., Aug. 1818, pl.
fig. 8 (skull); =id.= Oken’s Isis, 1819, ii. p. 1095, pl. xii.
fig. 8 (skull).
_Antilope acuticornis_, =Desm.= N. Dict. d’H. N. (2) ii. p. 193
(1816); =Schinz=, Cuv. Thierr. i. p. 395 (1821); =Desm.= Mamm.
ii. p. 460 (1822); =Less.= Man. Mamm. p. 377 (1827); =Flow. &
Gars.= Cat. Ost. Coll. Surg. ii. p. 275 (1884).
_Antilope_ (_Raphicerus_) _acuticornis_, =H. Sm.= Griff. An. K.
iv. p. 252, v. p. 342 (1827); =Less.= H. N. Mamm. (Compl. Buff.)
x. p. 292 (1836); =Gerv.= Dict. Sci. Nat. Suppl. i. p. 262
(1840); =Less.= N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 177 (1842).
_Antilope fulvo-rubescens_, =Desmoul.= Dict. Class. d’H. N. i.
p. 446 (1822).
_Antilope_ (_Raphicerus_) _subulata_, =H. Sm.= Griff. An. K. iv.
p. 253 (fig. horns), v. p. 342 (1827); =Less.= Compl. Buff. x.
p. 292 (1836); =Gerv.= Dict. Sci. Nat. Suppl. i. p. 262 (1840);
=Less.= N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 177 (1842).
_Pediotragus tragulus grayi_, =Fitz.= SB. Ak. Wien, lix. pt. 1,
p. 163 (1869).
_Vernacular Names_:--_Steinbok_ of Dutch and English Colonists;
_Iquia_ of Kaffirs (_Drummond_); _Ingnweena_ or _Umgwena_ of
Matabilis; _Puruhuru_ of Bechuanas; _Ee-peu-nee_ of Makalakas;
_Kahu_ of Masubias; _Kimba_ of Batongas; _Gai-ee_ of Masaras
(_Selous_); _Shipeni_ of Transvaal Shangeans; _Njena_ of Swazis
(_Rendall_); _Ishah_ of E. African Swahilis (_Hunter_).
Size small. General colour bright sandy rufous, richer on the head. Top
of muzzle and a horseshoe-shaped marking on the crown generally brown,
but these marks are by no means constant. A white supraorbital stripe,
much as in the Oribi. No auricular gland. No knee-tufts nor false hoofs
present. Tail short, coloured above like the back, below whitish, no
black tip.
Skull stoutly built, its upper surface peculiarly roughened and ridged.
Premaxillæ reaching to, and articulating with, the nasals.
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