. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. :26 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES evenly so as to form a V when viewed full face, then curving forwards and upwards, and then bending sharply backwards, so that the "elbow" is nearly a right angle. General colour some shade of bright reddish brown, with the face, except for a band of varying width between and below line of eyes (which is light-coloured), and a patch on occiput, continued as a line down nape, nearly black;. Fig. 4.—Head axd Neck of Northern Race of Rooi H
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. :26 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES evenly so as to form a V when viewed full face, then curving forwards and upwards, and then bending sharply backwards, so that the "elbow" is nearly a right angle. General colour some shade of bright reddish brown, with the face, except for a band of varying width between and below line of eyes (which is light-coloured), and a patch on occiput, continued as a line down nape, nearly black;. Fig. 4.—Head axd Neck of Northern Race of Rooi Hartebeest (Btihalis caama selhornei). withers, shoulders, thighs, fore-legs to knees, part of fore- shanks, and chin dark plum colour, and a yellowish white patch, which does not include the middle of dorsal surface of tail, on the sides and lower part of rump; tail not reaching 1 locks, with the middle of its dorsal surface dark through- out, and the crest ascending to within a short distance of the root; under-parts whitish. Skull with a very narrow and elongated frontal region; basal length 17| inches, maximum width 6J inches. Good horns measure from 24 to 26 inches. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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