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Show 74 DR. A. GUNTHER ON A N E W ANTELOPE. [Feb. 19, horns trihedral in shape at the base ; and if we imagined the longitudinal axis of the horns of our specimen twisted outwards, a form a. Horns of Antilope triangularis. a. Front view. b. Side view. c. Transverse section of the horn, of the natural size, taken at the place marked X. of horn would be produced which could not be separated from Tragelaphus. And there is no doubt that the ancestral form of Tragelaphus must have resembled, or been identical with, our type. |
