MAMMALIA. 
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Sub-Genus 6—Egocerus. —Horns very large, strong, and 
pointed, bent backwards •, annulated; a semimuzzle; no sub¬ 
orbitary process ; tail pretty long. 
Antilope leucophcea. —The Blue Antelope. 
Plate XXIX. fig-. 9. 
Fur silver-gray; mane short, white, and turning towards the 
head; tail with a tuft at the end; horns slightly compressed, 
scimiter-shaped, twenty inches long, very closely annulated; 
ears long. Nearly six feet long. Inhabits Southern Africa. 
Antilope equina.-— The Roan Antelope. 
Plate XXIV. fig. 5. 
Fur coarse grayish-brown ; a white spot round the eye, which 
is formed of long hairs; horns very strong, about twenty-four 
inches long; reflected with upwards of twenty prominent annu- 
lations. Inhabits Southern Africa. 
Sub-Genus 7 —Rupicapra. —With simple, vertical, round 
and striated horns, strongly bent backwards towards the point 
in both sexes ; no lachrymal processes or inguinal pores; tail 
very short; mammae two. 
Antilope rupicapra —The Chamois. 
Plate XXXII. fig. 3. 
Fur fawn-coloured in summer, bay-colour in winter; a dark 
stripe crosses each eye; tail short; horns from seven to eight 
inches long, rising perpendicular to the head; hooked at the 
end. Nearly four feet long. Inhabits Switzerland. 
Sub-Genus 8. —Antilocafra.— Horns compressed, poste¬ 
riorly hooked towards the point, and provided with an anterior 
antler. 
