The book of antelopes, vol. 3 (of 4)Sclater, Philip Lutley
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The book of antelopes, vol. 3 (of 4)
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Antelopes
Besides the specimens of this Gazelle in the British Museum which we
have already referred to, there is a mounted male from the Anseba
River, formerly in Sir Victor Brooke’s collection, and presented to
the Museum by Sir Douglas Brooke. We believe that our coloured figure
(Plate LXIV.), which was prepared by Mr. Smit under Sir Victor’s
superintendence, was taken from this specimen.
_May,_ 1898.
[Illustration: Fig. 69.
Fig. 69_a_.
Heads of Isabella Gazelle, ♂ & ♀.
(From specimens in B. M.)]
[Illustration:
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. LXV
_Wolf del. J. Smit lith._ _Hanhart imp_
The Muscat Gazelle.
GAZELLA MUSCATENSIS.
_Published by R. H. Porter._]
95. THE MUSCAT GAZELLE.
GAZELLA MUSCATENSIS, BROOKE.
[PLATE LXV.]
_Gazella muscatensis_, =Brooke=, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 141, pl.
xxii.; =Scl.= List An. Z. S. (8) p. 141 (1883); =id.= (9) p. 155
(1896); =Lyd.= Horns and Hoofs, p. 179 (1893); =Thos.= P. Z. S.
1894, p. 451.
Size small, height at withers 21–22 inches. General colour dark
rufous fawn, darker than in any other species except _G. arabica_,
which it much resembles in colour. Light lateral band scarcely or not
perceptible; dark lateral band blackish, its upper edge little defined.
Central facial band dark rufous, a distinct blackish patch over the
nasals; light facial streak narrow, well defined, dark band below it
not defined from the general colour of the cheeks. Knee-tufts present,
brownish. Limbs darker in colour than usual, being only white on the
inner sides of the forearms and thighs.
Skull very similar to that of _G. isabella_. Premaxillæ scarcely
touching nasals. Basal length in an old female 5·7 inches, greatest
breadth 2·9, muzzle to orbit 3·6.
Horns of males curved like those of _G. isabella_, but decidedly
shorter, not or little longer than the skull.
_Female._ Similar to the male, but the horns slender, scarcely
ringed, nearly as long as those of the other sex.
_Hab._ Oman, Eastern Arabia.
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