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
_Oreas derbianus_, =Gray=, Knowsl. Menag. p. 27 (1850); =id.= Cat.
Ung. B. M. p. 136 (1852); =Gerr.= Cat. Bones B. M. p. 245 (1862);
=Winwood Reade=, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 169, pl. xxii.; =id.= ‘Savage
Africa,’ p. 398 (cum tab.) (1864); =Gray=, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 47
(1872); =id.= Hand-l. Rum. p. 118 (1873); =Rochbr.= Faune Sénégamb.
p. 120, pl. vii. fig. 2 (1883); =Jent.= Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus.
Pays-Bas, ix.) p. 141 (1887); =Ward=, Horn Meas. pp. 165–168 (1892),
p. 211 (1896); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 260 (1893); =id.= Royal Nat.
Hist. ii. p. 273 (1894); =Pousargues=, Ann. Sci. Nat. iv. p. 81
(1897); =Scl. P. Z. S.= 1898, p. 349 (horns).
_Antilope (Taurotragus) derbianus_, =Wagn.= Sehr. Säug., Suppl. v. p.
439 (1855).
_Taurotragus derbianus_, =Lyd. & Bryden=, in Ward’s Great and Small
Game of Afr. p. 439, pl. xii. fig. 2 (1899).
_Oreas colini_, =Rochbr.= Bull. Soc. Phil. Paris, (7) vii. p. 8
(1883); =id.= Faune Sénégamb. p. 121, pl. vii. fig. 1 (1883).
Vernacular Names:—_Gingi-ganga_ or _Djik-i-junka_ of the Mandingoes of
Senegambia (_Whitfield_ and _Winwood Reade_).
Exact height at withers unknown, but probably equal to, if not
exceeding, that of the preceding species (70 inches). Forehead covered
with hair of a rich ruddy-brown hue, extending from the base of the
horns to a point below the level of the eyes; nose black; sides of the
head dusky brown or dark fawn; a whitish stripe running inwards and
forwards from the inner edge of the eye on each side; upper lip and
chin white. Ears large and expanded, much larger than in the other
species; the margins broadly white in front and ornamented on the lower
side with a large black patch; the posterior surface mostly black,
brownish at the base. Neck covered with long hair of a dark brown or
black colour, blacker towards the shoulder than in front; base of
the neck bordered by a white collar, directed obliquely upwards and
backwards at least halfway up to the withers. Body of a rich ruddy
fawn-colour, becoming paler or nearly white below, the middle of the
belly black; a broad black stripe of longer hairs extending all down
the spine from the neck to the root of the tail; sides of the body and
haunches ornamented with thirteen or fourteen narrow white stripes,
commencing at the dorsal stripe above and gradually fading away on the
lower part of the belly and hind-quarters. Legs down to the knees and
hocks of the same colour externally as the body, whitish on the inner
side; there is a large black patch on the fore leg above the knee on
the posterior and inner sides. Horns very large and massive, diverging
from the base, the divergence in some cases amounting almost to a right
angle; length of horns up to about 34·25 inches.
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