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
Raphicerus campestris.
Dr. Jentink (Notes Leyd. Mus. xxii. p. 38, 1900) proposes (for reasons
stated by him) to alter the name of the Antelope which we have
described and figured as _Raphicerus campestris_ to _Pediotragus
horstockii_.
In the same paper Dr. Jentink describes an allied form from Mossamedes
as _Pediotragus kelleni_. This species is based on two skulls in
the Leyden Museum, obtained by the brothers v. d. Kellen at Cahama,
Kakulovar River, Upper Cunene.
Raphicerus sharpei.
_Raphicerus sharpei_, =Thos.= P. Z. S. 1896, p. 796, pl. xxxix.
This is a species of _Raphicerus_ with the white markings of the
Grysbok _R. melanotis_), but with the feet of the Steinbok (_R.
campestris_), having no supplementary hoofs.
The type (an adult male) was obtained by Mr. Alfred Sharpe in Southern
Angoniland, B.C.A., and presented to the British Museum.
Genus NESOTRAGUS. (Vol. II. p. 49.)
Nesotragus livingstonianus zuluensis.
_Nesotragus livingstonianus zuluensis_, =Thos.= Ann. & =Mag.= N. H.
ser. 7, ii. p. 317 (1898).
Thomas shows (_op. cit._) that the form of _Nesotragus
livingstonianus_ from Zululand, which was referred by him (P. Z.
S. 1893, p. 237) and by us in the present work (ii. p. 55) to the
typical form, is subspecifically different. It is generally of a
grizzled fawn-colour instead of deep rufous, and the fetlocks are only
indistinctly blackish behind, instead of being prominently black all
round. This subspecies seems also to have finer horns.
Genus MADOQUA. (Vol. II. p. 67.)
Madoqua cavendishi.
_Madoqua cavendishii_, =Thos.= P. Z. S. 1898, p. 278.
This species was established on a skull and a skin procured by Mr. H.
S. H. Cavendish during his journey in N.E. Africa, probably in the
neighbourhood of Lake Rudolf. It is a large species apparently allied
to _M. damarensis_) but of “darker general colour, with broader
and differently-shaped nasals, a higher and more open nasal cavity, and
with separated premaxillæ.”
Genus COBUS. (Vol. II. p. 95.)
Cobus smithemani.
_Cobus smithemani_, =Lyd.= P. Z. S. 1899, p. 981, pl. lxxi.
This species is based on a flat skin obtained by Mr. F. Smitheman,
F.Z.S., in the neighbourhood of Lake Mweru, and indicates a large
Antelope with long shaggy hair on the nape of the neck allied to
_C. maria_, but without a white patch on the withers, which are
chestnut, and without a white line down the back of the neck.
Cobus nigroscapulatus.
_Adenota nigroscapulata_, =Matschie=, SB. Ges. nat. Freund. Berlin,
1899, p. 15.
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