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NOTE IV. 



THE SPECIES OE THE ANTELÜPE-GENUS 

 PEDIOTRAGUS 



Dr. F. A. JENTINK. 



February 1900. 



A skin of a male antelope, collected by Mr. A. Sharpe 

 in Southern Angoniland has been described by Mr. Oldfield 

 Thomas under a new specific title, Rhaphiceros Sharpei 

 (P. Z. S. L. 1896, p. 796, plate XXXIX); the author had 

 no cranial evidence of its age, as the skull of the indivi- 

 dual was wanting. Mr. Oldfield Thomas remarked that it 

 is »a Rhaphiceros with the white markings of the Gryshok 

 (melanotis), but with the feet of the Stemhok (campestris)" , 

 i. e. no accessory hoofs. 



Now the description and the figure of this animal, its 

 small size, its short horns, its relatively short ears make 

 the impression as if it is a young Grysbok ; the absence 

 however of the accessory hoofs is the difiiculty : but if we 

 suppose that those very small — especially in a young 

 specimen — accessory hoofs have been lost during the 

 preparation of the flat skin by the collector, then I see 

 no reason to give it a new name, then it is a young 

 Gryshok {melanotis). 



More material from Nyassaland-skins with skulls can, in 

 future, settle the question whether Mr, Oldfield Thomas 

 was right or if perhaps my hypothesis is correct : in the 

 first case Sharpei is an interesting connecting link between 

 the Grysbok and the Steen- (not Stein-) bok and there would 



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