REUUNClNx^^ 221 



Antilope eleotragus, Licldenstein, DarsteUiinr/. Saugeth. pi. 19, 1827; 



Smuts, Enum. Mamin. Caj). p. 75, 1832; ScJiinz, Mon. Antiloj). 



p. 15, pi. xiv, 1848 ; nee Schreber. 

 Antilope lalandii, J. B. Fischer, Sijnop. Mamm. p. 467, 1829; 



Laurillard , Diet. Univ. Hist. Not. vol. i, p. 621, 1841 ; Bchinz, 



Synoj^. Ma mm. vol. ii, p. 415, 1845. 

 Eedunca lalandii, A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii, p. 210, 



1834. 

 Cervicapra eleotragus, Sayidevall, K. Svcnslca Vet.-AJi. Handl. 1844. 



p. 194, 1846, nee Blainville. 

 Eleotragus arundinaceus, TemmincJi, Esquiss. Zool. Guine, p. 191. 



1853, nee Bechstein. 

 Redunca eleotragus, Fitzinger, Sitzher. k. Ah. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix. 



pt. 1, p. 169, 1869 ; Brehm, Thierlehen, Sdugethiere, vol. iii, p. 222, 



1880; nee A. Smith. 

 Eleotragus eleotragus, Jentinh, Cat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. {Mus. Pays- 



Bas, vol. ix) p. 130, 1887, Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mus. {ibid. 



vol. xi) p. 159, 1892, nee Antilope eleotragus, Schreber. 

 Eleotragus redunca, Bryden, Kloof and Karroo, p. 298, 1889, nee 



Gray. 

 Cervicapra redunca, Gitnther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 604, nee 



Sundevall. 

 •Cervicapra lalandii, Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsman in S. Africa, 



p. 34, 1892; LydekJcer, Horns and Hoofs, p. 228, 1893; Bendall, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 359 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 2, 



p. 132, 1896. 

 Cervicapra fulvorufula, Sclater and Thomas, BooJc of Anteloj^es, vol. ii, 



p. 175, pi. xlv, 1897 ; Lydehker, Gh'eat and Small Game of Africa, 



p. 305, 1899, Game Animals of Africa, p. 227, 1908; W. L. Sclater. 



Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 197, 1900; Ward, Records of 



Big Game, ed. 6, p. 218, 1910; Blaine, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



ser. 8, vol. xi, p. 290, 1913. 

 Cervicapra fulvorufula subalpina, Kirhy, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 879. 

 Redunca fulvorufula, Troucssart, Cat. Maynui., Swppl. p. 722, 1905. 

 Oreodorcas fulvorufula. Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ix, no. 8, 



p. 13, 1912. 



Rooi Rhebok. 



Type of Oreodorcas. 



Typical locality eastern Cape Colon}'. 



A very distinct species, of the approximate size of redunca 

 redunca, distinguished from both the preceding species by the 

 relatively greater interorbital width of the skull, its shorter 

 rostrum and larger orbits, as well as l)y the shorter and 

 straighter horns, which are less hooked at the tips. 



General colour grizzled greyish fawn, tinged with rufous, 

 especially on the head and neck, where it contrasts with the 

 body-colour ; chin, upper portion of throat, and under-parts, 

 iis well as inner sides of limbs, white ; dark le^^-markings 



