. The book of antelopes . aptive modification than are the various characters which it possessesin common with the members of the Gazelline group. I^nf Genus I. OREOTRAGUS. , A. Sm. S. Afr. Quart. Joum. ii. p. 212 (1834) . . O. , Glog. Naturg. i. p. 154 (1841) O. saltator. Hoofs large, cylindrical, blunt, in shape and position quite different tothose of other Antelopes. The animal in life walks upon what is normallythe pointed tip of the hoofs, so that the hoof stands up vertically, only itsblunted end resting on the ground. Accessory hoofs present. Hairs of co
. The book of antelopes . aptive modification than are the various characters which it possessesin common with the members of the Gazelline group. I^nf Genus I. OREOTRAGUS. , A. Sm. S. Afr. Quart. Joum. ii. p. 212 (1834) . . O. , Glog. Naturg. i. p. 154 (1841) O. saltator. Hoofs large, cylindrical, blunt, in shape and position quite different tothose of other Antelopes. The animal in life walks upon what is normallythe pointed tip of the hoofs, so that the hoof stands up vertically, only itsblunted end resting on the ground. Accessory hoofs present. Hairs of coatthick, pithy, somewhat similar in texture to those of the Musk-Deer. Taila mere stump, scarcely projecting beyond the fur. Skull peculiarly short and broad, stoutly built. Anteorbital fossse large. Horns directed nearly vertically; slightly curved forwards; their basalthird ringed. Distribution. Eastern and Southern Africa, from Abyssinia to the one species is knovm. B 2 THE BOOK OF ATM TEL OPES, PL, XXV^.. Siml del & !,th . Tlie KlipspnngeT -OREOTRAGUS SALTATOR . H,i:.h,trl mi/ Published bi^BHPartsr. 4a THE KLIPSPRINGER. OREOTEAGUS SALTATOE (Bodd.).[PLATE XXV.] Antilope oreotragus, Zimm. Geogr. Gesch. iii. p. 269 (1783); Schreb. Saug. pi. cclix. (1785); Gmel. Linn. S. N. i. p. 189 (1788) ; Kerr, Linn. An. K. p. 316 (1792) ; Donnd. Zool. Beitr. i. p. 637 (1792); Link, Beytr. Nat. ii. p. 99 (1795) ; Bechst. Allgem. Uebers. vierf. Thiere, i. p. 74 (1799), ii. p. 642 (1800) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 321 (1801); Turt. Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 114 (1802); Desm. N. Diet. dH. N. (1) xvi. p. 328 (1803) ; G. Cuv. Diet. Sei. Nat. ii. p. 233 (1804); Tiedem. Zool. i. p. 408 (1808) ; Thtmb. Mem. Ac. Petersb. iii. p. 311 (1811) (Table Mt.) ; Afzel. N. Act. Ups. vii. p. 219 (1815) ; Desm. N. Diet. dH. N. (2) ii. p. 191 (1816) ; Goldf. Schr. Saug. v. p. 1228 (1818) ; Schinz, Cuv. Thierr. i. p. 392 (1821) ; Desm. Mamm. ii. p. 460 (1822); id. Diet. Class, i. p. 445 (1822) ; Burc
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