. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE IK )RNED . INIMALS—WA TER-BUt KS. 497 sized forms, are of sturdy organization, and have a comparatively large tail. The male alone is pos- sessed of horns, which are round, ringed at the base and curved forward at the tips. The Riet-Bok Typ- The Rict-bok (Redunca eleoiragus) is ical of the Reed the best known species of this ge- Antelopes. nus This beautiful animal attains a length of from four feet eight inches to five feet, inclusive of the tail; it is
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE IK )RNED . INIMALS—WA TER-BUt KS. 497 sized forms, are of sturdy organization, and have a comparatively large tail. The male alone is pos- sessed of horns, which are round, ringed at the base and curved forward at the tips. The Riet-Bok Typ- The Rict-bok (Redunca eleoiragus) is ical of the Reed the best known species of this ge- Antelopes. nus This beautiful animal attains a length of from four feet eight inches to five feet, inclusive of the tail; it is about thirty-eight inches high at the withers and thirty-two at the croup. On the whole the Rict-bok resembles the Roe-buck, but is of a more slender organization. The Riet-bok is a native of south Africa, as well as of the eastern parts of central Africa. It is found only beyond the great swamps of the upper Nile and lives in couples in the developed, and the animals have glands between the digits of their hoofs and are ornamented with a lone tail-tuft. h The Water-buck's The Water-buck (Kobits ellipsiprym- Rangeand mis) is a stately animal of nearly the Habits. same physical proportions as the larger species of Deer. Its total length is six feet eight inches, the length of the tail being twenty inches, and the height at the croup four feet four inches. The prevailing color is gray. The horns attain a length of thirty-two inches, measured along the curvature, and usually show thick, triangular, transverse rings, except near their extremities. A. Smith found the Water-buck in south Africa in small herds, numbering from eight to ten, their favo-. THE WATER BUCK. One of the best known of the A of frequenting rivers and its abilities as a swimmer. The large i one male and two females, in a damp African forest amid aquatic thick brush-wood in the neighborhood of water- courses or bogs, as well as in the rush-banks and cane brakes and the high sedge grass along the mar- gins of s
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