. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. l86 TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE the reitbok, the palla, the sable antelope, the blaubok, Baker's antelope, the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the beautiful harnessed antelope, the kudu, and the eland. Among Asiatic forms may be mentioned the curious and very exceptional four-horned antelope of India, the black buck of Bengal and Malabar, the saiga of the steppes of central Asia, the chiru of Turkestan, more than twenty species Fig. THE HARNESSED ANTELOPE. of gazelles, and the elegant, short-h orned nilghai. Ranging from eastern Africa to western
. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. l86 TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE the reitbok, the palla, the sable antelope, the blaubok, Baker's antelope, the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the beautiful harnessed antelope, the kudu, and the eland. Among Asiatic forms may be mentioned the curious and very exceptional four-horned antelope of India, the black buck of Bengal and Malabar, the saiga of the steppes of central Asia, the chiru of Turkestan, more than twenty species Fig. THE HARNESSED ANTELOPE. of gazelles, and the elegant, short-h orned nilghai. Ranging from eastern Africa to western Asia the addax and the oryx are to be found. All the animals yet noticed have horns which are un- branched, and when once developed are not shed. North America, however, possesses a very strange form known as the prong-horned antelope, which is exceptional in two respects: (i) Each of its horns gives off a branch ex- tending forward, although the bony core is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. Boston, Little, Brown and Company
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