. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. GNUS AND DUIKERS 303 Topi is tlie Somali name of an antelope intermediate in size and ugliness between the wildebeest and the liartel:)eest; it lives in the Man Highlands. The skin of the topi presents glossy purple reflections like the bloom on a ripe plum. The curious curve of its horns both in male and female is a most striking specific A fluike The tojDi does not occur in large herds like the kongoni, but twenty or thirty may
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. GNUS AND DUIKERS 303 Topi is tlie Somali name of an antelope intermediate in size and ugliness between the wildebeest and the liartel:)eest; it lives in the Man Highlands. The skin of the topi presents glossy purple reflections like the bloom on a ripe plum. The curious curve of its horns both in male and female is a most striking specific A fluike The tojDi does not occur in large herds like the kongoni, but twenty or thirty may herd together. Duikers or duikerboks are small animals {they weigh about thirty pounds), and with one exception (the Indian four-horned antelope) live in Africa, where they are widely distributed, and exhibit endless variation. Duikers, male and female, possess a pair of small straight horns. Some of the sjjecies have a tuft of hair between the horns, almost hiding them, and from this "head- crest " the name of the genus, CeplinJo^^hu^, is derived :. 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 Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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