46 STREPSICER0TID.^3. 



Section II. ANGULICORNIA. 



Horns subangular, with a more or less distinct ridge on the front 

 angle ; and when thej- assume an angular form the ridge is directed 

 towards the outer side of the horn. Nostrils open, bald within. 

 Grinders without supplementary lobe. 



Boviua auguliconiia, Gray, Cat. Uitfful. B. M. p. 131. 



Fam. 13. STREPSICEROTID.^. 



Horns in the males only, subspiral, inclined backwards ; the 



spiral ridge directed towards the inner side of the horn. Nose bovine. 



Muffle distinct, moist. Nostrils near together in front. Forehead 



flat. Cnimen distinct. False hoofs distinct. Males not bearded 



on the chin. Fur white-banded or spotted. Females with four 



teats and a small udder. Skull : intermaxillary reaching to nasals ; 



nasal opening moderate; suborbital fissure distinct, but no fossa. 



Strepsicerese, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 131. ^ ' 



The horns of some Goats and Sheep, which are generally recurved 

 backward or spirally twisted, are sometimes nearly straight, with a 

 spiral keel, as Capra Falconeri and the Cretan Sheep, Ovis strep- 

 siceros. 



1. Limhs equal, and crumen with a very small opening. Nose cervine, mo- 

 derate. Grinders with no supplementary lobes. Africa. 



A. Hoims with a strong spiral keel. Body large and heavy. Neck with a 

 linear mane. Nose cervine. Muffle small, between and under thefrotit 

 half of nostrils. 



1. STREPSICEROS. 



Horns over back edge of orbit, in males only, spirally twisted, 

 ascending from the back of the orbits. Intermaxillary reaching 

 to nasal." (Gray, Cat. UngiU. B. M. p. 132, t. 17. f. 1, 2.) 



1. Strepsiceros kudu. (The Eechlongole or Koodoo.) B.M. 



Front of neck with a divided fringe ; the spu-al curve of the 

 horns far apart and uniform. 



Sti-epsiceros kudu, Grai/, Cat. Unqid. B. M. p. 13.3, 1. 17. f. 1, 2 (skull 



aud horns) ; Blyth, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 54, fig. B, 1 & 2 (horns). 

 Strepsiceros excelsus, Sumlevall; Heuglin, Antil. p. 12. 



Hah. South Africa ; Central Africa, on hills over the Lower Zam- 

 besi, called Toh (Kirk) ; Abyssinia (BJyth, Rilppell). 



2. Strepsiceros t«3i4al7—t^eTena5r) B:M. lu^'ln^xU 



Front of neck not fringed : spiral curve of horns hardly deviating ■ 



from the straight axial chord. 



