. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . Skull and Horns of Beira, from specimen shot byMajor P. II. G. Powell-Cotton. DIK-DIKS. Head of Salts Dik-dik. SALTS DIK-DIK (Madoqua saltiana). This species, the Beni Israel of the Arabs, is the typical representa-tive of a group of tiny, slenderly built antelopes characterised by theelongated, trunk-like nose, of which the tip is almost entirely hairy, thetuft of hair on the crown of the head, the short and almost rudiment-ary tail, and the minute size of the lateral hoofs. In
. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . Skull and Horns of Beira, from specimen shot byMajor P. II. G. Powell-Cotton. DIK-DIKS. Head of Salts Dik-dik. SALTS DIK-DIK (Madoqua saltiana). This species, the Beni Israel of the Arabs, is the typical representa-tive of a group of tiny, slenderly built antelopes characterised by theelongated, trunk-like nose, of which the tip is almost entirely hairy, thetuft of hair on the crown of the head, the short and almost rudiment-ary tail, and the minute size of the lateral hoofs. In the presentspecies the last tooth in the lower jaw lacks the third lobe found inalmost all ruminants, the muzzle is but moderately developed, and thegeneral colour yellowish or fulvous grey, scarcely more rufous on thesides than on the back. Height at the shoulder, 14 inches. Distribution.—The Coast Range of Eastern Abyssinia andadjacent districts. Length on Gircum- Tip tofront. ference. Tip. Locality. J3 2| 242§ I. If Abyssinia I Do. 14 Do. I§ Do. ii E. Sudan ii Abyssinia North Kassala i§ ? Walter Bell. Sir Edmund G. Loder, Boughton P. H. G. Powe
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