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
_Striped Eland_, =Baldwin=, Afr. Hunting, p. 384 (1863).
_Oreas livingstonii_, =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1864, p. 105; =Kirk=, P. Z. S.
1864, p. 659; =Selous=, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 32; =Pousargues=, Ann.
Sci. Nat. iv. p. 81 (1897).
_Oreas livingstoni_, =Rendall=, Novitat. Zool. v. p. 213 (1898).
_Oreas canna livingstoni_, =Jacks.= Big Game Shooting (Badm. Libr.),
pp. 285–286 (1894); =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1895, p. 690 (skull); =id.= List
of An. (9) p. 160 (1896); =Jacks.= P. Z. S. 1897, p. 456; =Thomas=,
P. Z. S. 1898, p. 394; =Trouess.= Cat. Mamm. ii. pt. 4, p. 962
(1898).
_Oreas oreas_ and _O. livingstoni_, =Matsch.= Säug. Deutsch-Ost-Afr.
p. 141, fig. 73 (1895); =id.= in Werther’s Die mittl. Hochländ.
Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 259, figs. 31 & 32, & p. 260 (1898).
_Antilope (Taurotragus) livingstonii_, =Heugl.= Reise Weiss. Nil, p.
319 (1869).
_Taurotragus oreas livingstonii_, =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1893, p. 507.
_Taurotragus oryx livingstoni_, =Lyd., Sharpe, & Jackson=, in Ward’s
Great and Small Game of Afr. pp. 421–439 (1899).
_Antilope (Damalis) oreas_, =Peters=, Reise n. Mossamb., Säug. p. 192
(1852).
_Oreas canna_, =Hunter=, in Willoughby’s E. Afr. p. 287 (1889);
=Thomas=, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 504, 1894, p. 145, 1896, p. 797 (Brit.
Centr. Afr.); =Lugard=, Rise E. Afr. Emp. p. 529 (1893); =Bocage=,
P. Z. S. 1878, p. 745; id. J. Sci. Lisboa, ii. p. 25 (1890)
(Angola); =Crawshay=, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 658 (Nyasaland).
_Oreas derbii_, =Johnst.= River Congo, p. 391 (1884) (?).
Subspecies _c._ Taurotragus oryx gigas.
_Alces oreas_, =Schweinf.= Im Herz. Afr. i. p. 387 (1874).
_Antilope oreas_, =id.= ibid. ii. pp. 264–266 (horns).
_Taurotragus (Bosephalus) oreas_, =Heugl.= N. Act. Leop. xxx. p. 19
(1863); =id.= Reise Weiss. Nil, p. 319 (1869).
_Taurotragus (Boselaphus) gigas_, =Heugl.= N. Act. Leop. xxx. p. 19,
pl. i. fig. 2 (1863); =id.= Reise Weiss. Nil, p. 318 (1869); =Fitz.=
SB. Ak. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 179 (1869).
Vernacular Names:—_Eland_ of the Dutch at the Cape; _Canna_ or
_Tiganna_ of the Hottentots; _Pohu_ of the Bachapins (_Burchell_).
_Pofo_ of the Bechuanas; _Impofo_ of the Amandabele, Zulu, and
Kafirs; _Ee-pofo_ of the Makalakas; _Insefo_ of the Masubias and
Batongas; _Doo_ of the Masurwa Bushmen; _Mofo_ of the Mashunas
(_Selous_). _Sofu_ and _Nchefoo_ in Nyasaland (_Sharpe_). _Mpofu_
(Swaheli); _Musu_ in Siruwa, B.E.A. (_Jackson_). _Qualqual_ (Djeng),
_Adgar_ (Djur), _Newarreh_ (Dor) on the White Nile (_Heuglin_).
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