The book of antelopes, vol. 4 (of 4)Sclater, Philip Lutley
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The book of antelopes, vol. 4 (of 4)
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Antelopes
We are not aware that any specimen of Angas’ Antelope has ever been
brought to Europe alive, and it is by no means commonly met with in our
museums. The British Museum contains an adult pair mounted, obtained
in St. Lucia Bay by Mr. R. S. Fellowes in 1871, also specimens from
the Pongolo River, Zululand, obtained by Mr. Eastwood, and from the
Maputa River, obtained by Proudfoot. There are also in the National
Collection the specimens from Nyasaland procured by Mr. Sharpe, Sir
Harry Johnston, Mr. Crawshay, and Lieut. Oliver, of which we have made
mention above. Finally, there is a good mounted pair of specimens
obtained by Mr. Selous during his special expedition in quest of this
Antelope.
Our principal illustration of Angas’ Antelope (Plate XCII.) was put
upon the stone by Mr. Smit, under the directions of the late Sir Victor
Brooke, from sketches made by Wolf, and was probably taken from the
mounted specimens then in the British Museum. At the same time the
woodcut (fig. 106, p. 146), also containing figures of both sexes, was
prepared by Mr. Smit.
_November_, 1899.
Genus III. LIMNOTRAGUS (nom. nov.).
Type.
_Hydrotragus_, =Gray=, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 49 (1872)
(_nec_ Fitz.)[11] L. spekii.
Medium or large-sized Antelopes allied to _Tragelaphus_, but with
rougher and shaggier coats, longer legs, and with horns which more
nearly approach those of _Strepsiceros_, as they show a strong
tendency to assume a third twist. Further, _Limnotragus_ differs
strikingly from _Tragelaphus_ and _Strepsiceros_ in the
structure of its feet, the hoofs being often nearly three times as long
(measured along the front edge) as thick (measured along the margin of
the pastern). Moreover, the skin which covers the back of the pastern
is denuded of hair, and thick and horny, being practically of the same
consistency as the upper rim of the posterior side of the hoof.
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