THE MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK 



inside of the limbs, the sides of the face and round 

 the hps. Some individuals have a black patch on 

 the nose ; and with others it is present on the crown. 

 On the nose there is a rounded swelling. About an 

 inch below the ears there is an oval, glandular patch 

 which is bare and black in the adult, but covered with 

 fine white hairs in the young. Dark streaks run 

 down the fronts of the fore-limbs. These dark 

 stripes encircle the limbs just above the hooves ; 

 on the hind limbs dark stripes are present, but are 

 less pronounced and do not reach to the hocks. 

 Tail thick, bushy and white below, dark above, the 

 two colours in sharp contrast. 



The female is a little smaller than the male and 

 is hornless. 



The common Reedbuck of South Africa is replaced 

 in the more northern parts of the Continent by the 

 Bohor Reedbuck {Redunca bohor) which is similar 

 in general appearance, but smaller in size, and the 

 horns are shorter and more hooked at the tips. 



THE MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK OR 

 ROOI RHEBOK 



{Redunca fulvorufula) 



Inhlang'amatshe (Reedbuck of the Rocks) of Swazis and Zulus ; 

 Inxala of Amaxosa, 



The Mountain Reedbuck or Rooi Rhebok (Red 

 Rhebock) as it is generally known in South Africa, 



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