. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. KUDUS AND ELANDS 3IS this is not so markt'd as iu 0. licatr'u:, which is largely wliite with, howu\er, brown legs. The Gemsbok is a handsome creature with greyish tawny colour, niucli darker on the legs, and with a Gazelle-like, dark, side stripe. It has received its veruacular name on account of its supposed likeness to the Chamois (" Gemse "), just as the Relibok was so-called from its supposed likeness to the Eoe Deer, and the Eland to the Elk. The Beisa {0. leisa) is of a similar tawny colour to the last, and also with darker stripes. The
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. KUDUS AND ELANDS 3IS this is not so markt'd as iu 0. licatr'u:, which is largely wliite with, howu\er, brown legs. The Gemsbok is a handsome creature with greyish tawny colour, niucli darker on the legs, and with a Gazelle-like, dark, side stripe. It has received its veruacular name on account of its supposed likeness to the Chamois (" Gemse "), just as the Relibok was so-called from its supposed likeness to the Eoe Deer, and the Eland to the Elk. The Beisa {0. leisa) is of a similar tawny colour to the last, and also with darker stripes. The Addnx (Achh/j:) of North Africa, Arabia and Syria, has but one species (A. nasomaculatios). The horns are spirally twisted. The Tragelajiliine section includes the Kudus, Elands, Nilgais,. Fig. 164.—Speke'.s Antelope. Tragclaplms spehii (9)- x^V and Harnessed Antelopes, horns are present in both nose is naked with a slight or Oriental in range. The genus Tragda-phus called on account of the harness. The females are sexes are different. The unusually separable, which They are all long-horned (when the sexes), the horns being twisted; the median groove, and all are Ethiopian includes the Harnessed Antelopes, so direction of the stripes suggesting hornless, and the colours of the two hoofs are long and the toes rather state of affairs is in accord with the. 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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