. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. 91 C—Gazella g-ranti robertsi. Oazella granti robertsi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, vol. ii, p. 119; O. Neumann, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freimde, 1906, p. 243 ; Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 262, 1908 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 269, 1910, ed. 7, p. 267, 1914 ; Helle); SmithsoJi. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi, no. 7, p. 7, 1913. Typical locality near Speke Gulf, Victoria Xyanza, in the Usagara district of German East Africa. Distinguished from typical
. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. 91 C—Gazella g-ranti robertsi. Oazella granti robertsi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, vol. ii, p. 119; O. Neumann, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freimde, 1906, p. 243 ; Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 262, 1908 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 269, 1910, ed. 7, p. 267, 1914 ; Helle); SmithsoJi. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi, no. 7, p. 7, 1913. Typical locality near Speke Gulf, Victoria Xyanza, 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. Pig. is.—Skull and Horns of Usagara. Race of Grant's Gazelle {Gazella granti robertsi). From Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903. 28 inclies in length, with a tip-to-tip interval of from ISh to 28^ inches (in one instance 38^ inches). Whether this so-called race is really anything more than the product of a single original 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 robertsi type. 3. 6. 12. 1. Skull, with horns, and skin. N"ear Speke Gulf, Victoria Nyanza. Type (lig. 18). " Presented hy F. Russell Ilohcrts, 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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