. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 49-1 THE CLOVEX-HOOFED ANIMALS. these two animals; the most I could say being that a Gazelle, skimming over the ground, seems to fly rather than to run: but that statement would still fall short of describing its fleetness. Peculiarities and The Springboks {Afitidorcas) exhibit Structure of the a great affinity to the Gazelles, but Springbok. differ from them and all other rela- cially in the northwestern parts, but is plentiful principally in the endless, d
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 49-1 THE CLOVEX-HOOFED ANIMALS. these two animals; the most I could say being that a Gazelle, skimming over the ground, seems to fly rather than to run: but that statement would still fall short of describing its fleetness. Peculiarities and The Springboks {Afitidorcas) exhibit Structure of the a great affinity to the Gazelles, but Springbok. differ from them and all other rela- cially in the northwestern parts, but is plentiful principally in the endless, desolate and desert-like plains, extending from the Orange river to the Ngami region. The majority of the Springboks probably populate the Kalahari and some strips of territory in German Southwestern Africa. They are found there ranging from groups of twos and fives tives by reason of one important feature, peculiarly up to herds from thirty to fifty in number, and some their own. Along the back, beginning about its middle, runs a furrow formed by a doubling of the skin and covered with very long hair ; it is usually closed, but opens in response to violent movements, especially in bounding. The horns, which are borne times even one hundred and two hundred. They change their places of abode, disperse over their vast territory or aggregate in large herds, according to the amount of pursuit to which they are subjected, the abundance or scarcity of food, and the filling by both sexes, rise vertically from the forehead and or drying up of water places. When the south Af- form an outline similar to that of a Grecian lyre, rican regions are visited by great droughts, as hap- The organization is both vigorous and graceful, the pens at variable intervals, the suffering Antelopes head is moderately large, the neck slender, the tail are obliged to desert their haunts, to evacuate vast of medium length, the feet somewhat long from the regions and migrate toothers. The wandering bands of an
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