. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Bovidm not infrequently occurs as a sport perpetuated by domesticationin the Sheep. Among the Giraffes, which—as regards the horns alone—represent perhaps the most primitivetype of Pecorino, bony prominences may be duplicated or may arise as a single central boss in addition to theoriginal pair. 136 Animal Life ?female as well as in tlie male) are directed backwards in a more or less continuons linewith the profile of the nasal bones. The ears also are rounded. In the other group,often called the true duikers*, the horns ris
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Bovidm not infrequently occurs as a sport perpetuated by domesticationin the Sheep. Among the Giraffes, which—as regards the horns alone—represent perhaps the most primitivetype of Pecorino, bony prominences may be duplicated or may arise as a single central boss in addition to theoriginal pair. 136 Animal Life ?female as well as in tlie male) are directed backwards in a more or less continuons linewith the profile of the nasal bones. The ears also are rounded. In the other group,often called the true duikers*, the horns rise perpendicularly from the skull and form anangle with the nasal profile; but the females are usually hornless, and the ears are longand pointed. All the duikers have four mammos, and a naked wet nose andmuffle. They are also, marked out from other antelopes by the so-called tear bag(anteorbital gland) along the sides of the muzzle in front of the eyes, forming a long nakedline or slit. The false hoofs which mark the vestiges of the second and fifth toes are. andthan present. Thespecies is quitenever absolutelybeen found intooth whichtragulines andstated thatphine tracescanine tooth,has certainlya resemblanceof deer, a re-ears, large headin constructionenough they lack a gallIn the true duikersof India the femalesother cephalophines theThe largest of thesome respects the mostworthy, is the yellow-{CephalopJms sylvicul-Central Iillustration of thisas large as a smallshorter in the limbs. It has a veryits horns, though they are slightlybly recall in their shape, direction,triangular formation the horns of theprimitive of the buffaloes. The creiresemblances to the capricorns orwhich were the ancestors of theWe know very little about its litein Western or Central Africa whothis article are strongly urged toabout this rare cephalophine, remark-things as being the only large antelope of this group molar teeth have low crowns. The tail in a fewlong, but in others is short
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