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
A. Tail quite short. No Gazelline face-markings. Females without
horns.
_a._ Horns strongly curved backwards. Skull 7 in. or less in
basal length.
_a^1._ Horns not hooked at tip. (Tibet.)
82. _G. picticaudata._
_b^1._ Horns hooked at tip.
(Mongolia.) 83. _G. przewalskii._
_b._ Horns but little curved backwards, not hooked at tip.
Skull about 9 in. in basal length.
(N. China.) 84. _G. gutturosa._
B. Tail of average length, its terminal half generally more or less
crested with black. Face-markings present. Females (except in
_G. subgutturosa_) with horns.
_a._ Upper part of face white (at least in old age), interrupting
the central facial band.
_a^1._ No horns in female: size larger. (Central and Western
Asia.) 85. _G. subgutturosa._
_b^1._ Horns present in female: size smaller. (Arabia.)
86. _G. marica._
_b._ Central dark facial band uninterrupted by white above. Horns
present in the female.
_a^1._ Dark colour of back not invaded by white of rump.
_a^2._ Dark lateral band indistinctly marked, not strong and
blackish.
_a^3._ Tip of horns slightly curved inwards or upwards, not
bent in to a right angle.
_a^4._ Horns of medium length.
_a^5._ Horns truly lyrate, the middle portion twisted
outwards, the tips reapproaching each other.
(Algeria, Egypt, Palestine.)
87. _G. dorcas._
_b^5._ Horns not truly lyrate, more or less evenly
diverging upwards.
_a^6._ Top of muzzle ordinarily with a black spot on
it.
_a^7._ Nose simple.
_a^8._ Larger: hair rough. (Algeria.)
88. _G. cuvieri._
_b^8._ Smaller: hair smooth: darker. (Arabia.)
89. _G. arabica._
_c^8._ Smaller: hair smooth: lighter. (India and
S. Persia.) 90. _G. bennetti._
_b^7._ Nose with a flabby corrugated elevation
on it. (Somaliland.)
91. _G. spekei._
_b^6._ Top of muzzle without a black spot.
(Somaliland.) 92. _G. pelzelni._
_b^4._ Horns long and very slender. Colours very pale.
(Algeria and Egypt.) 93. _G. leptoceros._
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