The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . Fig. 62.—Prong-horned Antelope Near it, wp conceive, should be placed tlie Addax, toa^etlier with the A. sylvaiica, decula, scripta, and one or two others. The A. scripta, or Harnessed Antelope, is anelegant small species, the Guib of Buffon, of a lively fulvouscolour, marked with harness-]i\ white stripes and A. zebra has dark regular stripes across the crupper.] i. Horns bifurcated, {Aniilocapra, Ord; Dicranoceros,Smith). Of all the forms of ho
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . Fig. 62.—Prong-horned Antelope Near it, wp conceive, should be placed tlie Addax, toa^etlier with the A. sylvaiica, decula, scripta, and one or two others. The A. scripta, or Harnessed Antelope, is anelegant small species, the Guib of Buffon, of a lively fulvouscolour, marked with harness-]i\ white stripes and A. zebra has dark regular stripes across the crupper.] i. Horns bifurcated, {Aniilocapra, Ord; Dicranoceros,Smith). Of all the forms of hollow horns, this is the most singular :a compressed branch is given off from their base or trunk,almost like the antler of a Stag; the pointed tips curve back-ward. The best known species is The Cabril of the Canadians (A. ftircifera, H. Smith), whichinhabits the extensive plains of the centre and west of NorthAmerica in vast herds : its size is nearly that of the Roe ; hairthick, waved, and reddish; the antler of its horns situatenear the middle of their height. [Nearly allied is the A. pal-mata. Smith, decidedly a distinct spe
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