. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. BO 347 The Harnessed Antelopes are among the handsomest of the whole group. The small Guib {T. scriptus) is not larger than a Goat, but T. angasi is 3 feet 4 inches in height at the shoulder. In T. scriptus, T. .angasi, and T. euryceros, the two sexes differ in colour, the body is marked by white stripes descending from a white dorsal streak, and the hoofs are short; the third species differing from the others by the absence of a mane on the neck, back, and belly. 1\ gratus agrees with this group in coloration (the ma
. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. BO 347 The Harnessed Antelopes are among the handsomest of the whole group. The small Guib {T. scriptus) is not larger than a Goat, but T. angasi is 3 feet 4 inches in height at the shoulder. In T. scriptus, T. .angasi, and T. euryceros, the two sexes differ in colour, the body is marked by white stripes descending from a white dorsal streak, and the hoofs are short; the third species differing from the others by the absence of a mane on the neck, back, and belly. 1\ gratus agrees with this group in coloration (the mane being. Pig. 143.—The Kudu (Strepsiceros kudu). From Sclater, List of Animals in Zoological Society's Gardens, 1888, p. 136. absent), but differs in the extreme elongation of its hoofs. The Nakong, T. spekei, while having the long hoofs of T. gratus, has a perfectly plain body coloration, with a mane on the neck. The two species with elongated hoofs inhabit swampy districts, for which this peculiar structure is admirably adapted; and the Nakong, when frightened, will rush into the water and leave only its nostrils and the tips of the horns above the surface. The small Bushbuck {T. sylvaticus) of South Africa has no stripes, and short hoofs. Strepsiceros}—Females hornless. Horns (Fig. 143) more twisted than in Tragelaplms, forming an open spiral, with the anterior ridge 1 Gray, List. 3Iamm. Brit. Mits. p. 155 (1843).. 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 Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, A. and C. Black
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