The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . Tig. 59.—Great Bush Antelope. (./. d. Small, straight, or but sliglitly curved horns, shorter than the head; peculiar, in most of the species, to the male sex, [and placed far backward, behind the eyes: thes;animals have a distinct maxillary gland, and naked muzzle,;there is generally a tuft of long hair between the horns. Thecrupper is broad and elevated, the body heavy, and generalform approximating that of the small Musks (Traffulus),the Hog Deer, and,
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . Tig. 59.—Great Bush Antelope. (./. d. Small, straight, or but sliglitly curved horns, shorter than the head; peculiar, in most of the species, to the male sex, [and placed far backward, behind the eyes: thes;animals have a distinct maxillary gland, and naked muzzle,;there is generally a tuft of long hair between the horns. Thecrupper is broad and elevated, the body heavy, and generalform approximating that of the small Musks (Traffulus),the Hog Deer, and, we may add, the Agoutis : they are de-nominated Bicsh Antelopes (Philantomba, Ogilby), from theirnatural their head may be placed the Great Bush Antelope(^^^^It^ *<?«! ^r W w ^*)^!i?^ luJ? ^^ *^*^^^) much larger than the rest, and dark-coloured, with a white stripe along the back, becoming very broad onthe crupper. In its train follow,—yl. mergens, })ygmiea, Max-wdlii, perspicilla, Natalensis, philantomba, BurcheU/i,grimmea, and one or two others; some of them very dimi-nutive: the delicate little A. saltiana appears to rank on theextreme
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