The book of antelopes . Ruppell, and was first 197 described and figured by Cretzschmar in the Atlas which illustrated thezoological portion of Ruppells Reise. The species was dedicated to RitterSamuel Thomas von Soemmerring, on the occasion of that savant attainingthe fiftieth year of his Doctorate—an event which was celebrated by theSenckenbergian Naturalists Society of Frankfort-on-the-Main on the 7th ofApril, 1828. The original specimens were procured by Riippell on theeastern slope of the Abyssinian coast-range, and were deposited along withall his other collections in the Senckenbergian
The book of antelopes . Ruppell, and was first 197 described and figured by Cretzschmar in the Atlas which illustrated thezoological portion of Ruppells Reise. The species was dedicated to RitterSamuel Thomas von Soemmerring, on the occasion of that savant attainingthe fiftieth year of his Doctorate—an event which was celebrated by theSenckenbergian Naturalists Society of Frankfort-on-the-Main on the 7th ofApril, 1828. The original specimens were procured by Riippell on theeastern slope of the Abyssinian coast-range, and were deposited along withall his other collections in the Senckenbergian Museum. In a resume of hisknowledge of the East-African Antelopes contained in a subsequent work onthe Vertebrates of Abyssinia, Riippell tells us that he only met with thisspecies in the bush-clad valleys of the Abyssinian coast, but that it was saidto occur also on the large island of Dahalak off Massowah. It was generallyobserved in small families, which, however, sometimes congregated into larger herds. Fijr. Skull and horns of Gazella soemmerringi typica (male).(From a specimen in the British Museum.) Heuglin, another good authority on the animals of North-east Africa,informs us that this Antelope extends along the coast of the Red Sea from20° N. latitude southwards to the Danakil country, and that it is also foundin valleys of the Baraka and Atbara in the interior, and extends up to theneighbourhood of Berber, but is not so plentiful here as in the coast-districts. 2e2 198 Dr. W. T. Blanford, who accompanied the British Abyssinian Expeditionof 1867-68 as naturalist, found this Antelope abundant on the coast of theRed Sea near Annesley Bay and Massowah, but states that it never ascendsthe hills. It was met with principally in the low bush and acacia-scrub inherds varying in size from a few individuals up to one hundred or more. Avery large number, he adds, were shot by the sportsmen of the Expedition,who found the flesh excellent eating. ne. ozrt.
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