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
169 (1892); =Lyd.= Horns
and Hoofs, p. 152 (1893).
_Cerophorus_ (_Antilope_) _cervicapra_, =Blainv.= Bull. Soc.
Philom. 1816, p. 75.
_Strepsiceros cervicapra_, =Rüpp.= Verz. Senck. Mus. p. 39
(1842).
_Antilope rupicapra_, =Müll.= Natursyst. Supp. p. 56 (1776)
(ex _l’Antilope_, =Buff.= Hist. Nat. xii. p. 273, pls. xxxv. &
xxxvi. 1764).
_Cemas strepsiceros_, =Oken=, Lehrb. Nat. p. 732 (1816).
_Antilope_, =F. Cuv.= H. N. Mamm. (fol.) iii. livr. xliii. (♂) &
xliv. (♀) (1824).
“_Antilope bilineata_, Linn. MS.,” =Gray & Hardw.= Ill. Ind.
Zool., lettering to pl. xii. (1832) (juv.).
_Cervicapra bezoartica_, =Gray=, List Mamm. B. M. p. 159 (1843);
=id.= Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 231 (1846); =id.= Cat. Mamm.
Nepal, Hodgson Coll. (1) p. 26 (1846), (2) p. 13 (1863); =id.=
List Ost. B. M. p. 56 (1847); =id.= Knowsl. Men. p. 6 (1850);
=Horsf.= Cat. Mamm. E. I. C. p. 167 (1851); =Gerr.= Cat. Bones
Mamm. B. M. p. 234 (1862); =Fitz.= SB. Wien, lix. 1, p. 162
(1869).
_Antilope bezoartica_, =Gray=, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 117; =id.= Cat.
Ung. B. M. p. 66 (1852); =Blyth=, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. p. 171
(1863); =Jerdon=, Mamm. Ind. p. 275 (1867); =Blanf.= J. A. S. B.
xxxvi. pt. 2, p. 196 (1867); =Macmaster=, Notes on Jerdon, pp.
134 & 258 (1870); =Stol.= J. A. S. B. xli. pt. 2, p. 229 (1872);
=Gray=, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 40 (1872); =id.= Hand-l. Rum. B. M.
p. 109 (1873); =Pollok=, Sport in Brit. Burmah, p. 50 (1879);
=Sterndale=, Mamm. Ind. p. 472 (1884); =Percy=, Badminton Big
Game Shooting, ii. p. 345 (1894).
VERNACULAR NAMES:--_Ena_ ♂, _Harina_ and _Mirga_, in
Sanscrit; _Haran_, _Harna_ ♂, _Harni_ ♀, _Kalwit_ ♀, _Mrig_,
in Hindostani; _Kala_ ♂, _Goria_ ♀, in Tirhoot; _Kalsar_ ♂,
_Baoti_ ♀, in Behar; _Bureta_ in Bhagalpur; _Barant_ or _Sasin_
in Nepal; _Alali_ ♂, _Gandoli_ ♀, in Baori; _Badu_ in Ho Kol;
_Bamani-haran_ in Uria and Mahratta; _Phandayat_ in Mahratta;
_Kutsar_ in Korku; _Veli-man_ in Tamil; _Irri_ ♂, _Ledi_
and _Jinka_ in Telugu; _Chigri_ and _Húlé-kara_ in Canarese
(_Blanford_).
Height of male at withers about 30 inches. General colour in the same
sex brown, gradually darkening with age to deep shining black. Muzzle
and chin, an area round the eyes, and the whole of ears white. Back of
neck, especially in the black individuals, yellowish. Upper part of
flanks with an indistinct narrow whitish line running along them, most
conspicuous in the young. Chest, belly, and inner sides of limbs pure
white; outer sides of the latter brown. Tail short, its upperside fawn
or brown, beneath white; its end with an indistinct blackish tuft.
Female brownish fawn wherever the male is black, and with the
colour-contrasts nowhere so conspicuous. Back of ears and nape of neck
also fawn. Horns absent, except in abnormal cases (see p. 14).
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