. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 14 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES width 5j inches. Good horns measure from 19 to 21 inches along front curve, with a girth of from 9 to lOJ, and a tip- to-tip interval of from 13 to 18f Pig. 2.—Head op Cokb's Habtbbeest {Bubalis cokei). The distributional area extends from Usagara northwards to Kilimanjaro, Masailand, and the neighbourhood of Lake Eudolf. Tlie races are distinguishable as follows :— B. Horns distinctly bracket-shaped, with middle segment horizontal. a. General colour bright fawn, paler on
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 14 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES width 5j inches. Good horns measure from 19 to 21 inches along front curve, with a girth of from 9 to lOJ, and a tip- to-tip interval of from 13 to 18f Pig. 2.—Head op Cokb's Habtbbeest {Bubalis cokei). The distributional area extends from Usagara northwards to Kilimanjaro, Masailand, and the neighbourhood of Lake Eudolf. Tlie races are distinguishable as follows :— B. Horns distinctly bracket-shaped, with middle segment horizontal. a. General colour bright fawn, paler on buttocks B. c. cokei. b. General colour darker and less rufous, with buttocks but little lighter than back B. o. rothscJiildi. c. General colour lighter and more bufBsh than in a, and frontal rufous replaced by tawny jB. u. kongoni. Horns less distinctly bracket-shaped, and ap- proximating to those of the lehvel group B. c. 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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