. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 208 Animal Life. Photo bij W. P. Dando. HARNESSED ANTELOPE (T. scriptus). a few specimens of the nearly extinct Damaliscxispygargus, or Bontebok. Formerly this handsomeantelope ranged over much of South Africa south ofthe Vaal River. Its forehead and nose, right downto the nostrils, its rump, belly, and parts of its limbs,its ears, and the upper part of its tail are ^. white, the rest of its coloration being black andwhitish-grey, with touches of yellow. The closelyallied blesbok [D. alhifrons) has the same white blaz
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 208 Animal Life. Photo bij W. P. Dando. HARNESSED ANTELOPE (T. scriptus). a few specimens of the nearly extinct Damaliscxispygargus, or Bontebok. Formerly this handsomeantelope ranged over much of South Africa south ofthe Vaal River. Its forehead and nose, right downto the nostrils, its rump, belly, and parts of its limbs,its ears, and the upper part of its tail are ^. white, the rest of its coloration being black andwhitish-grey, with touches of yellow. The closelyallied blesbok [D. alhifrons) has the same white blazeon the nose, but less white about the limbs, and noneon the hind quarters. It inhabits the northern partsof South Africa where it exists at all. We now come to the consideration of theTragelaphinm, which are a totally distinct group fromthe true antelopes, and much more nearly related tothe cattle. In all these creatures the nose and muffleare naked and wet, as in cattle, the ears are broad rather than long, are like those ofcattle in shape, and the interior is never filled up w
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