'^0 THE SELOUS COLLECTION 



Subt^amily OREOTRAGIN^. 

 KLIPSPRINGER. 



OrEOTHAGUS OHKOT'RAGL'S OREOTKAOrS. 



Antilope oreotragus, Zimmernianii. Geogr. Geschichte, vol. iii. p. 209, 



1783. 

 Oreotragus fypirus, A. Smith, 8. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii. p. 212, 



1834. 

 Oreotragus oreotragus, Jentink, Cat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. (Mus. Pays- 



Bas, vol. ix.) p. 131, 1887 ; Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mus. (ibid. vol. xi.) 



p. 160, 1892. 

 Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus, Lydekker and Blaine. Cat. Ungulate 



Mamm. Brit. Miis. vol. ii. p. 126, 1914. 



Height at slioulder about 20 inches. The harsh pelage, com- 

 posed of coarse, flattened hairs, immediately distinguishes the 

 Klipspringer from all other African Antelopes. Horns in the 

 form of short spikes. Skull short and very broad, with well- 

 marked lachrymal depressions. Tail reduced to a small stump. 



The three heads in the Collection all have horns of about the 

 same size; measurements of No. 19. 7. lo. 138 :— length i^ ; 

 circumference 2^ ; spread from tip to tip S}. 



Typical localit^^ Cape Colony ; range extends into llhodesia as 

 far north as the Zambesi. 



113 —19.7.15.138. August, 1889. Mazoe Eiver, Portuguese East 



Africa. 



114 —19. 7. 15. 139. 1885. Maslionaland, Southern Rhodesia. 



115 —19. 7. 15. 140. 1887. Western Matabililand, Southern 



Rhodesia. 



Subfanuly NEOTRAGIN^. 

 ORIBI. 



OUREBIA OUREBI. 



Antilope ourehi, Zimmermann, Geogr. Gescliichte, vol. iii. p. 208, 1783. 



Antilope scoparia, Schreber, Saugthiere, pi. cclxi., 1785. 



Ourebia scoparia, Sclater and Tlionias, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii. p. 15, 



fig. 23, 1895. 

 Ourebia ourebi, quoted by Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 169, 



footnote, 1908 ; Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. UngiTlate Mamm. Brit. 



Mus. vol. ii. p. 133, 1914. 



