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NESOTRAGIDiE. 



Fam. 5. NESOTRAGIDJE. 



Nose bovine. Muffle large. Nostrils open, bald witbin. Horns 

 only in male, conical, c_ylindrical, ringed at tbe base. Crumen di- 

 stinct, or very small. Face and forehead not crested. Body and 

 legs slender, elegant. Hoofs small, triangular. False hoofs none. 

 The underside of the pasterns covered with close, short, rigid black 

 hairs. 



* Opening of crumen very small. Horns short. 



1. NANOTEAGUS. 



Horns very short and conical. Ears small, rounded. Tear-bag 

 none. Legs slender. Tail moderate, subpectinate. Hoofs small, 

 triangular. False hoofs none. Nose bovine. Muffle large and 

 moist. (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 89, t. 10. f. 2, head.) 



1. Nanotragus perpusillus. (The Royal Antelope.) B.M. 



Nanotragus perpusillus, Gray, Cat. U/iyid. £. M. p. 89, t. 10. f. 2 

 (head). 



Hab. West Africa, Guinea. 



** Opening of crumen large. Horns elongate, erect. 



2. NESOTRAGUS. 



Horns over the orbits, only in males, nearly straight, elongate, 

 strong, many-ridged, slanting backwards. Nose bovine. Muffle 

 large. Crumen large aud deeply arched. Ears large. Tail very 

 short. Scrotum very large. Skull short, with an extremely large 

 and deep hemispherical concavity before the orbits. Nose-hole 

 moderate ; intermaxillaries elongate to the nasals ; nasals very long, 

 extending beyond the front edge of the orbit. T. V. (Gray, Cat. 

 Ungul. B. M. p. 75.) 



.j^ /U<Acv lAjr^iA^' 1. Nesotragus moschatus. B.M. 



- Reddish grey ; belly white ; legs pale reddish ; hair of back 

 brown, reddish above the middle, with an obscure pale dot and 

 blackish tip. 



Nesotragus moschatus, Gray, Cut. Ungul. B. M. p. 75. 

 Cephalophus zanzibaricus, Layard, Cat. Mam. S.-Afi-ican Mus, 18G1, 

 p. 72. 



Hah. E. Africa : Zanzibar (Spelre). , <- . mlX 



