THE GREATER 

 KUDU 



A female East African 

 kudu (lacking the throat 

 mane and the horns of 

 the male), a distinct 

 suVjspecies (Strepsiceros 

 atrepsiceros bea). — This 

 specimen was used in- 

 stead of the male as the 

 type, because before it 

 was described the male 

 had been mounted in 

 the National Museum. 

 Collected by Kermit 

 Roosevelt, on the escarp- 

 ment east of Lake Ba- 

 ringo, after three days of 

 the liardest labor 



East African greater kudu horns measuring tori} -• \< i, ii-ri,.. along the curve. — The shy 

 greater kudu, with its spiral horns, its striped coat, and graceful body lines, is considered the 

 most beautiful antelope of the world. Kermit gave ten days' steady work to collecting the 

 specimen that bore these horns, together with the female above. The species inhabits steep 

 rocky hills where it feeds on the grass that grows among the thorn scrub and cactus. Be- 

 cause of its isolation in this type of country which occurs in Africa in small and scattered 

 areas only, the distribution of the species is discontinuous and local 



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