THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 

 SOUTH AFRICA 



THE HARTEBEEST 



Africa from the Cape to the most northern limits 

 is the home of the antelopes known as Hartebeest. 

 One species known as the Bubal Hartebeest (Bubalis 

 boselaphus) which is common in Northern Africa 

 extends into Arabia. All the other species, of which 

 there are several, are confined to Africa. 



Only two species inhabit Africa south of the 

 Zambesi and Cunene Rivers, viz. the Cape or Red 

 Hartebeest and Lichtenstein's Hartebeest. The 

 former is confined to Africa south of the Limpopo 

 River, but the latter, which inhabits the north- 

 eastern portion of South Africa, ranges into Central 

 Africa. 



The Dutch Voortrekkers gave the name of Harte- 

 beest to this antelope from a fancied resemblance 

 to a hart or stag, an animal which in point of 

 size and colour it somewhat resembles. 



Most members of the antelope tribe are exceed- 

 ingly graceful in appearance and in their movements. 

 The Hartebeest, on the contrary, owing to its height 



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