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Show 1876.] DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTH-AFRICAN MAMMALS. 2.93 i J ° lhis Table' , w h e n latitude a«d longitude are mentioned, south latitude and east longitude are to be understood. When a species is stated to be common everywhere, suitable localities must be understood. I have endeavoured to make this Table as accurate as possible ; but there is little very recent information of the south-west parts, .Baines s 'Explorations' in 1862 being the latest There is also no information to be got of the great Kalahari Desert whither I believe many animals go during the rainy season, and where they are comparatively safe from pursuit, except from the -Bushmen. r I have taken lat. 18° as m y northern limit of S. Africa. The following list of the specimens which I sent home, and which are now in the Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of the University of Cambridge, has been drawn up by J. W . Clark", M.A., F.Z.S., Superintendent of the Museum. C A P E B U F F A L O (Bubalus cafer), J, skeleton. W A T E R - B U C K (Cobus ellipsiprymnus), S, skeleton. An unusually fine skeleton, with skin, of a completely adult animal. R O A N A N T E L O P E (Hippotragus equinus), J, skeleton, with skin. I M P A L L A (AEpyeeros melampus), <$, skeleton. The skeleton is of a very old animal. With it were sent a skin, also of a male, and a skin of a female. BRINDLED G N U or 1 BLUE WILDEBEEST J (CatoblePas W ™ ) > d, skeleton, adult. SASSABYE or 1 BASTARD HARTEBEEST } (AlcelaPhu« ^atus), 6, skeleton. K O O D O O (Strepsiceros kudu), <$, skeleton. E L A N D (Oreas cannai), <3, skeleton. INYALA (Tragelaphus angasii), §, skin. B U R C H E L L ' S Z E B R A (Equus burchellii), skeleton, with skin. L I O N (Felis leo), $, skeleton. S P O T T E D H Y A E N A (Hyana crocuta), d > skeleton. SILVER J A C K A L (Canis mesomelas), 2 skeletons, with skins. B U S H - B A B Y (Galago maholi), skeleton. |