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
57. Head of Dorcas Gazelle, ♂ 108
58. Head of Edmi Gazelle, ♂ 113
59. Front view of head of Edmi Gazelle, ♀ 114
60. Head of Arabian Gazelle 117
61. Head of _Gazella fuscifrons_, ♀ 123
62. Head of adult male Speke’s Gazelle 128
63. Head of adult female Speke’s Gazelle 129
64. Head of young male Speke’s Gazelle 131
65. Head of Pelzeln’s Gazelle, ♂ 135
65_a_. Skull of Pelzeln’s Gazelle, ♀ 135
66. Diagram of horns of Rhime (_a_) and Admi (_b_) 143
67. Front view of head of a female Loder’s Gazelle 147
68. Skull of _Gazella leptoceros loderi_, ♂ 148
69, 69_a_. Heads of Isabella Gazelle, ♂ & ♀ 154
70, 70_a_. Heads of Muscat Gazelle, ♂ & ♀ 156
71, 72. Heads of Heuglin’s Gazelle, ♂ & ♀ 160
73. Skull of Rufous Gazelle 168
74. Horns of Thomson’s Gazelle, ♂ 172
75. Front view of head of Thomson’s Gazelle, ♀ 174
76. Grant’s Gazelle, Ugogo 181
77, 78. Heads of Grant’s Gazelle, ♂ & ♀ 182
79. Skull and horns of Peters’s Gazelle, ♂ 188
80. Skin of the Banded Gazelle 192
81. Skull and horns of _Gazella soemmerringi typica_ (male) 197
82_a_, 82_b_. Skull and horns of _Gazella soemmerringi
berberana_, ♂ & ♀ 198
83. Head of the Dibatag, ♂ 222
84. Map of Somaliland (showing the localities of the
Dibatag) 225
85. Skull of the Gerenuk 231
86. Sketch of Gerenuk, ♂ & ♀, in characteristic attitudes 232
87. Front view of the head of the Beira 245
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES.
VOL. III.
SUBFAMILY V. _ANTILOPINÆ._
_General Characters._--Size medium or small. Muzzle hairy.
Anteorbital glands variable, large in some genera, absent in others.
Tail generally short. Mammæ 2 (4 in _Saiga_).
Skull usually with supraorbital pits, lachrymal vacuities, and
anteorbital fossæ. Molars tall and narrow.
Horns present in the male only, except in _Antidorcas_ and in most
of the species of _Gazella_.
_Range of Subfamily._ South-eastern Europe, Western and
Central Asia, Peninsula of India, and the whole of Africa.
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