. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. External Characters of Ruminant Artiodactyla. 217 A further important and very interesting difference is the presence of a well-developed pouch, lined with short hair, penetrating the internarial septum on each side and openiug by a circular orifice within the anterior angle of the nostril, nearly midway between the latter and the anterior end of entrance to the narial passages. The orifice of this pouch,. A. Muzzle and rhinarium of Connochcetes gnou from the front. X §* (The


. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. External Characters of Ruminant Artiodactyla. 217 A further important and very interesting difference is the presence of a well-developed pouch, lined with short hair, penetrating the internarial septum on each side and openiug by a circular orifice within the anterior angle of the nostril, nearly midway between the latter and the anterior end of entrance to the narial passages. The orifice of this pouch,. A. Muzzle and rhinarium of Connochcetes gnou from the front. X §* (The vibrissae shorter than in nature.) B. The same from the side. C. The same with the upper lid of the nostril raised to show the orifice of the sack penetrating the septum. JD. Extremity of penis of the same from below. E. The same of Gorgon taurinus from the left side. like the entrance to the chamber itself, is revealed when the upper lid of the nostril is raised and concealed when it is in its normal depressed position (fig. 2, B, C). Owing to the scanty clothing of hair on the dorsal side of , the rhinarium is not so well defined above and behind as in Damaliscus; it extends less than halfway. 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 London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd


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