200 



SOUTH AFHICAN MAMMALS 



of the genus, the true Blaauwbok (H. leucophoeus) is 

 now extinct. 



Hippotragus equinus. Eoau Antelope. Bastard Eland. 



Kivalata (Bechuana) ; Kiualata tseu (Barotsi) ; 'Mtagaisi 



(Zulu) ; Takiaasi (Swazi). 



Colour a grizzled jDale or fawn brown, rather like what 

 is sometimes known as a roan chestnut (almost a straw- 



FiG. 111. — Dead Roan Antelope. 



berry roan) in horses. Head dark brown ; nose, lips, 

 chin, a patch in front of and one behind the eye, white 

 ears long, and tufted with long black hair. A fairly 



