Arui 



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Ammotragiis tragelaphus^ Gray, Knows ley Menagerie, p. 40 (1850), Cat. 

 Ungu/ata Brit. Mas. p. 179 (1852), Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 134 (1872). 

 Musimon tragelaphus, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. p. 192 (1855). 



Plate XVIII. 



Characters. — Size comparatively large, the height at the shoulder 

 being about 3 feet 3 inches. Withers relatively tall, and hind-quarters 



Fig. 43. — Head of male Ami. (Rowland Ward, Records of Big Giime.) 



low. Head rather long, without face-glands below the eyes, and no pits 

 in the skull for their reception ; ears relatively large. A short upright 

 mane extending from the nape of the neck to the middle of the back. In 

 males a fringe of very long and perfectly straight hair commencing on the 

 throat and continued down the middle line to split on the chest and 

 terminate at the orisjin of each fore-leg ; after a short interval continued 

 on the front and outer surface of the leg to a short distance above the knee, 

 below which the hairs depend. Tail long, tufted in its terminal halt, and 



