. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. Photo by S. a. Payncy jiyitibury^ by ftrminion of the Hon, iValttr Rothschild WHITE ORYX Found in Northern Africa from Dongola to Senegal those thirsty regions. It is killed in considerable its flesh and hide, and is either stalked or hunted on by Europeans. The last of the sub-families into which modern naturalists have divided the antelopes of the world comprises some of the handsomest species of the whole group, and includes the largest of all antelopes, the Eland, as well as such small and beautifully marked creatures as the Harnessed Bushbucks. With one
. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. Photo by S. a. Payncy jiyitibury^ by ftrminion of the Hon, iValttr Rothschild WHITE ORYX Found in Northern Africa from Dongola to Senegal those thirsty regions. It is killed in considerable its flesh and hide, and is either stalked or hunted on by Europeans. The last of the sub-families into which modern naturalists have divided the antelopes of the world comprises some of the handsomest species of the whole group, and includes the largest of all antelopes, the Eland, as well as such small and beautifully marked creatures as the Harnessed Bushbucks. With one exception — the Nilgai — all the members of this sub-family are denizens of the great African Continent. The Nilgai, or Blue Bull, is an inhabitant of India, and is found throughout the greater portion of the peninsula, from the base of the Himalaya to the south of Mysore. It is an animal of large size, standing about 4 feet 6 inches at the shoulder. In general colour the male is of a dark iron-grey, the female tawny fawn. White spots on the cheeks and just above the hoofs on the fore and hind feet are the outward signs of its affinity to the African harnessed antelopes. The male alone carries horns, which are nearly straight and very small for the size of the animal, rarely exceed- ing 9 inches in length. Passing now to the Harnessed Antelopes of Africa, our attention is first claimed by the BUSH- BUCKS. Excluding the Inyala and the Broad- a length of about 28 inches in a straight line, and about 36 inches following the spiral. In the female they are thinner and less spirally curved. The addax is confined to the desert regions of Northern Africa from Dongola to Senegal, and the broad, rounded hoofs, so unlike those of any other antelope, would seem to show that it inhabits countries where the soil is deep, soft sand. Very little is known of the life history or habits of this antelope. It is said to associate in pairs or small herds, and to be entirely independent of water
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