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and thighs. Considerably paler (almost white in some 

 individuals) on the rump and along the belly. Ears long 

 and pointed, whitish on the inner surface. Tail fringed 

 with black hairs. The female is smaller and often paler 

 than the male. Young animals possess straight horns, 

 and have no black markings, and look even more stupid 

 than the adults. Horns V-shaped as seen from the front, 

 bent slightly outwards, then inwards, forwards and the 

 terminal third backwards. Length about 7J feet. Tail 

 22 inches. Height at shoulder 4 feet. Horns 19-2.5 

 inches. Two records of 26 inches. 



This animal once roamed over the whole of the Cape 

 Colony but is now only found in Little Namaqualand ; 

 north of the Orange River it is fairly common in 

 Bechuanaland from the Kimberley District to Lake 

 Ngami. It is also found in the north western corner of 

 the Orange Free State, Natal, the Western Transvaal, 

 and once inhabited Basutoland, although it is doubtful if 

 any survive to-day in that locality. 



Bubalis lichtensteini. Lichtenstem's Hartebeest, Mof or 



Vaal Hartebeest. 

 Native names : Lihdando (Mashona) ; Kohoto7nbini (Barotse) : 



Konzi (Chilala). 



Size and form much like the Common or Bed Harte- 

 beest, but the colour a brighter fulvous, with the sides of 

 the body paler, and almost white below. Chin and the 

 upper part of the head, before and between the horns, 

 black ; no black on the face and behind the shoulder, 

 although the black edging on the cannon bones of the leg 

 is conspicuous. Bump and tail as in B. caama. The 

 horns are much flatter at the base, are much lower '' set " 

 than the common species, and only the flattened basal 

 portion is ringed. The older the animal the more the 



