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Show 1894.] ANTELOPES O F T H E G E N U S M A D O Q U A . 325 between these two last-named points, while in M. kirki this breadth is about one-third. Teeth rather smaller than in M. kirki. M. 3 with the additional third lobe found in M. kirki and damarensis, but it is decidedly smaller than in either of these species. For dimensions of the typical skull see table, p. 326. Externally, the species, as judged by the skins c and d, is coloured almost precisely as in M. kirki, and the only obvious difference is that the snout is far more elongated and proboscis-like, and fully justifies the remarks on its extraordinary length often made by Somali sportsmen, remarks which, taking them as applied to M. kirki, have always appeared to be somewhat exaggerated. The function of the proboscis is as yet quite unknown, but one might put forward as a suggestion the possibility of its being of service in searching for bulbs under the surface of the soil. The second species, which I propose to name in honour of Mr. E. Lort Phillips, who was the first to obtain it and to whom the Museum is indebted for so much interesting Somali material, belongs to the M. scdliana group, distinguished by the absence of the third lobe on M. 3 and by its less specialized muzzle. Fig. 2. Skull of Madoqua guentheri, top view. Reduced. Of this, which has hitherto been put down as M. saltiana, there are before m e the following specimens :- a, b. Adult o* & $ 5 hi spirit. Dobwain, in the Maritime Hills, P R O C ZOOL. Soc-1894, No. XXII. 22 |
