. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 91 C—Gazella granti robertsi. Gazella granti robertsi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, vol. ii, p. 119; 0. Neumann, Sitzher. Freunde,1906, p. 243 ; LtjdekJcer, Game Animals of Africa, p. 262, 1908; Ward, Eecords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 269, 1910, ed. 7, p. 267, 1914 ; Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi, no. 7, p. 7, 1913. Typical locality near Speke Gulf, Victoria ISTyanza, in the Usagara district of German East Africa. Distinguished from typical race by the strong outward curvatur
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Ungulates. 91 C—Gazella granti robertsi. Gazella granti robertsi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, vol. ii, p. 119; 0. Neumann, Sitzher. Freunde,1906, p. 243 ; LtjdekJcer, Game Animals of Africa, p. 262, 1908; Ward, Eecords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 269, 1910, ed. 7, p. 267, 1914 ; Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi, no. 7, p. 7, 1913. Typical locality near Speke Gulf, Victoria ISTyanza, in the Usagara district of German East Africa. Distinguished from typical race by the strong outward curvature and divergence of the horns, of which the tips -are backwardly hooked. Good horns measure from 25 to. Fig. 18.—Skull and Horns op Usagaba Race of Grant's Gazelle (Gazella granti robertsi). From Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903. 28 inches in length, with a tip-to-tip interval of from 18^ to 28^ inches (in one instance 38J inches). Whether this so-called race is really anything more than the product of a single origina;l herd may be doubtful, as heads have come under the writer's observation, in which one horn was of the true granti, and the other of the rohcrtsi type. 3. 6. 12. 1. Skull, with horns, and skin. Near Speke Gulf, Victoria Nyanza. Type (fig. 18). Presented hy F. Rusiell Kohcrts, Esq., 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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