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Show 194 MAMMALIA. Plung.m g A nte1 o pe. ) A light fawn coloured brown; some white beneath t h e un d er. J· a w,· a black line on the e.x tern.a l fa. ce of the limbs. I t d en· ves 1't s name from the manner m wh1ch 1t plunges into the bushes when pursued. .fl. oreotragus, F ors t ·,• Klip-Srn ringer of the Ho. llanders; .B u.f f. Supp. VI , p1. xx"u., Schr· 259. (T. he .R ock-Sprmg.e r.) Dtstm· gU.i she db y 1. ts s t1'f fb r ittle hair ' whtch 1s o. f a g.r eem. s.h . yellow.(!) The smallest A nte 1o pes are comprehended m th1s d.t v1s10n. .!1. grt· mmw· , 1, , '. F · Cuv · Mammif. (The Gr1mme.) F.a wn coloure d grey; th e L1' 'orehead blackish ; a small tuft of hatr on the top of the head. . .B. pygmrea, P a1 1 ·,• F • Cuv • Mammif.(2) (The Gueve1.) Ash colo·u re d ; a pa 1e bl a ck'tsh line along each side of the forehead. e. .flnnulated horns with a simple curve, th~ points directed forwards. The REDUNOlE of sm~th. .fl. redunca, Buff. XII, pl. xlvi 1 Schreb. 265. (The Nagor.) Reddish brown. From Senegal.(3) f. Ho,•ns annulated, straight or but slightly cur~ed, and longer than the head. The 0RYX of Smith, tn part. .!1. oryx, Pall.; erroneously termed Pasan by ~uff. Supp. VI; pl. xvii ; Cape Chamois of the Hollanders. ( 4) (1 he Oryx.) A large as a Stag, with slender horns two or three feet long, straight, pointed, round, the lower third obliquely an~ulatedan~ smaller in the female; hair ash coloured ; head whtte, barre with black • a black band on the spine and one on each flank; .a deep chesnu' t spot on the shoulder, and .one ~n t h e t h'1 g h8 i tail long and blackish, and the hairs of the spme dtrected tow~rds ~he neck. It is found to the north of the Cape, and in the m~enor of Africa. The length of its hoofs, which is greater than lD the other species, enables 1. t to ch· mb rocks, an d 1· t pre fers moun· tainous districts.( 5) (1) Add .11.. quadriscopa, Ham. Smith. 1 V 1 Jl (2) The figure of Schreb. 260, ll, is too red; in that of Shaw, Gen. Zoo· 0 • ' Part II, pl. clxxxviii, the horns are too large. . . . neces- (3) Add the Ritbock (.0. eleotragus).-The Oureb~ (.!1. scopana). lt 1~ very b nl sary to observe that many Antelopes, while young, have horns of thts form e forwards. . · ht hortll ( 4) M. Lichtenstein has remarked, that as this Antelope w1th long str:u~ tber is only found ·m the south of Afr·t ca, 1· t 1· s not prob a ble 1't 1· s the Oryx · It 15 ra the following species. taken ( 5) The .11.. leucrrryx, Schr. CCL VI, B, or the White .Jlntelope of Penn. RUM IN ANTIA. 195 .fl. gazella, L.; .!lnt. leucoryx, Licht., A cad. Berl. 1824, pl. i. (The Algaze1.) Horns long, slender, and slightly curved into an arc of a circle; hair whitish, variously tinged with a fawn or reddish colour. Found in north Africa, from Nubia to Senegal. It is often sculptured on the monuments of Egypt and Nubia; and M. Lichtenstein thinks it is the true Oryx of the ancients.( I) g. Horns annulated with a simple curve, the points directed backwards. .!1. leucopluea, Gm.; improperly called Tseiran, Buff. Supp. VI, pl. xx. (The Blue Antelope.) A little larger than the Stag, of a bluish ash colour ; large horns in both sexes, uniformly curved, and with upwards of twenty annuli. .11. equina, Geoff. (The Equine Antelope. )(2) As large as a horse; of a reddish grey; brown head; a white spot before each eye; a mane on the neck; large horns, &c • .11. sumatrensis, Shaw; Cambing-Outang or Goat of tlte Woods of the Malays; Fr. Cuv. Mammif.; and Marsden, Sumat. 2d Ed. pl. x. (The Antelope of Sumatra.) Size of a large goat; black; a white mane on the neck and withers ; the horns pointed and small.(3) h. Horns encircled with a spiral ridge. .fl. oreas, Pall.; Elk of the Cape of the Hollanders ; improperly called Coudous by Buff. Supp. VI, pl. xii. (The Canna or Impooko.) As large as the largest horse ; large, conical, straight horns, surrounded by a spiral ridge; hair greyish ; a from a drawing made in Persia in 1717, appears to be a mere variety of the Oryx, or perhaps of an Algazel viewed in front. (1) The English speak of an Antelope with almost straight horns, stiff hairs woolly at their base, which sometimes loses one of its horns, from the mountains o~Thi?et, which was pointed out to them as corresponding with the Unicorn, Sw .chIS one of the supporters of their coat of arms. It is called Ckiru. M. Ham. Tnlth thinks it may be the Kemaa of JElian, J, xiv, c. 14. ( 2 ) We have definitively ascertained that it is the Equine Antelope which is nalowl called the Koba in Senegal. The ./J.. redunca or Nagor of Buff. is there c ed the Mibill. C ( 3 ) Add the .11..-grrral, Hardw. Lin. Trans. XIV, pl. xiv, and in the Mammif. F. ::· under the name of Bouquetin de Nepaul; the .!1. sylvicultrix. There should, 8 llprobably, be added the American woolly species, with long hair and very orn\e horns, (.11., lanigera, Smith) Lin. Trans. XIII, pl. iv, and perhaps the T~e ?a represents, I, pl. xlii, x, iii, and which M. Ham. Smith calls ./J.. mazama. Sta ere 18 nothing, however, to prove that the Mazames of Hernandez are not the to: and Roebucks of America, as is observed by that author, who compares them e Stags and Roebucks of Spain. |