144 Zoological Society. 



The smallest-hoofed animal. The feet were formerly often used 

 as tobacco-stoppers, and are figured mounted by Seba, t. 43. f. a, b ; 

 Buffon, H. N. xii. t. 42, 43. 



1 7. Eleotragus, Gray ; Redunca, H. Smith ; Cervicapra, 

 Blainv., Sundev.; Nagor, Laur. ; Sylvicapra, Ogilby. 



Horns conical, bent back and then forward at the top ; hoofs and 

 false hoofs rather large; tear-bag none; teats four; inguinal pores 

 distinct. 



f Horns erect, slender, and face narrow ; nose swollen ; muffle large, 

 extended far behind the nostrils; fur woolly hair. Pelea. 

 S. Africa. 



1. Eleotragus Capreolus. The Rehbock or Peele. 

 Temple-spot none ; head slender, compressed ; horns erect, scarcely 



diverging, very slender ; fur short, woolly, grey brown ; back redder ; 

 throat and beneath white ; end of nose and chin blackish ; feet darker. 



Antilope Capreolus, Thunb. ; Afzelius, N. Act. Upsal. vii. 251.1818; 

 Licht. Saugth. t. 8; Harris, W. A. A. t. 25. f. 1 .— A. villosa, Burchell, 

 1822; H. Smith. — A. lanata, Desmoul. — Eleotragus Capreolus, Gray, 

 Knowsley Menag. t. 12. from life. 



Inhabits S. Africa. Brit. Mus. Knowsley, living. 



ff Horns diverging, thick, conical; head broad; nose not swollen. 



* Muffle large, extended far behind nostrils; fur gristed, harsh, 

 straight, with a subterminal pale band, and often whorled ; 

 a naked spot on the temple. South Africa. 



2. Eleotragus arundtnaceus. The Inghalla or Reit Bock. 



Head broad ; temple-spot naked ; horns diverging, conical, taper- 

 ing. Brown, yellow grisled; hair pale brown, with a subterminal 

 yellow band ; cheeks and neck yellower ; base of ears, chest, belly 

 and insides of the legs and under side of bushy tail white ; front of 

 legs black. 



Antilope arundinacea, Shaw, Zool. — A. Eleotragus, Schreb. Licht. 

 t. 9 ; H. Smith ; Harris, W. A. A. t. 26.— A. redunca, H. Smith ; 

 Gray, Cat. B. M. — A. cinerea, Afzelius, 1815. — A. Lalandii, Desm.; 

 Fischer. — A. Lalandiana, Desm. — Eleotragus arundinaceus, Gray, 

 Knowsley Menag. 12. 



Far. Larger. 



A. Isabellina, Afzelius, N. Act. Upsal. 1815, vii. 244; Licht. t. 10; 

 H. Smith ; Sundev. 



Far. With a large black rhombic spot on the back of the head be- 

 hind the ears. Female in Brit. Mus. 



Inhabits S. Africa, in marshy places. Brit. Mus. 



Afzelius, Lichtenstein, H. Smith and Sundevall have described two 

 species of this genus as coming from South Africa ; the smaller they 

 call A. Eleotragus, and the larger A. Isabellina. The latter author 

 has given a comparative character between the two kinds, but he has 

 onlv seen two specimens of the former (a male at Berlin and a female 



