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Antidorcas marsupialis, Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Mus. (Field Mus. 

 Zool. Pub. vol. viii) p. 75, 1907; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, 

 p. 893. 



Springbok, or Springbuck. 



Typical locality Cape Colony. 



Shoulder-heiglit 31 to 32 inches. Horns sul)lyrate, with 

 the tips strongly incurved, and in general form very similar 

 to those of Gazclla soemmerringi, but' shorter. General colour 

 bright rufous fawn, with a broad blackish flank-band and 

 indistinct pygal band ; face wholly or mainly white (wholly 

 or partially fawn in young), with a narrow rufous streak 

 running from aperture of each face-gland to muzzle ; crown 

 and middle of forehead like back ; backs of ears white or 

 pale fawn ; hairs of dorsal gland, rump, basal portion of tail, 

 uuder-parts, and inner and hind surfaces of limbs white ; 

 tip and crest of tail white. Good horns measure from 14 to 

 191 inches in length, with a basal girth of from 5 to 6^, 

 and a tip-to-tip interval of from 3| to 20^ inches. 



The range includes South Africa, as far north as the 

 Zambesi on the east, and Mossamedes on the west. 



Two races appear distinguishable : — 



A. Face wholly white ; eye-stripe narrow A. m. marsu/pialis. 



B. Forehead in front of horns chestnut ; eye- 



stripe broader A. m. centralis. 



A. —Antidorcas marsupialis marsupialis. 



Typical locality probably southern Cape Colony. 



Face wholly white ; eye-stripe narrow\ Face of young, 

 according to W. L. Sclater, fawn in middle line and white 

 on sides. 



618, c. Pair of horns, Amaryllis Station, Upper Orange 

 Kiver. Presented hy Dr. W. J. Burchcll, ahout 1817. 



618, d. Frontlet and horns. South Africa. No history. 



42. 4. 11. 1. Skin, mounted. South Africa; collected 

 by Sir Andrew Smith. Purchased {S. Africein Mtcseum), 1842. 



39, c. Skin, immature female. South Africa. 



Purchased {Turner), about 1846. 



46. 7. 2. 3. Skin, mounted, immature female, and skull 

 (46. 10. 26. 19), with horns. South Africa. 



Purchased {Turner), 1846. 



