MAMMALIA. 105 
22. Oryx. 
Horns elongate, subulate, ringed at the base, straight or 
slightly arched, placed on a line with the face. Neck maned 
above and below. Tear-bag none. Nose subcervine. Mufile 
only margining the nostrils. Hoofs narrow in front; false 
hoofs large. Female ——. Teats 2or4. Skull: a suborbital 
fissure, but no fossa, the masseteric ridge not extending high ; 
the auditory bulla large and compressed; the basioccipital bone 
with a raised eminence on each side; molars with supplemental 
lobes. 
Oryx, H. Smith, Griffith A. K.v. 182; Fischer, Syn. 624; Gray, 
Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1846, 232; Knowsley Menag. 17 ; Turner, 
P. Z. S. 1848. 
Bubalides, sp., Licht. Berl. Mag. vi. 155, 1816. 
Oryx, sp., Ogilby, P. Z. Soc. 1836, 139. 
A. Oryx, sp., Biainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 1816. 
A. Orix, Lesson, Nov. Tab. R. A. 180, 1842. 
* Horns straight. 
1. Oryx GazELLA. The KooxkAAm or GEMSBOC. 
Horns straight, shelving backwards. Throat with a bunch of 
black hairs. Grey. Rump, face, spinal line, lateral streak, and 
a very broad band on the thigh and cubitus, black m summer. 
Black streak on the face conjoimed under the chin. Young pale 
brown. Hair blackish at the base. 
Capra Gazella, Linn. S. N. 1. 96. 
fs ged Oryx, Pallas, Spic. Z. i. 14, xu. 16. 65; Gmelin, S. N. 
i. 189. 
A. Bubalides Oryx, Licht. Berl. Mag. vi. 155; Reise, uu. 38; 
Schreb. Saugth. 1177. t. 257. t. 257 a. f. 1; Desm. Mamm. 473. 
A. Oryx oryx, Blainv. B. 8. Phil. 1816, 75; H. Smith, G. A. K. 
v. 814; Fischer, Syn. 478, 644; Burchell, Trav. u. 23. 
Oryx Gazella, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 156; Cat. Osteol. Sp. 
B. M. 58; Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1847, 232; Knowsley Menag. 
17. t. 16. f. 2, young; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849, 124; Turner, 
P. Z. S. 1848. 
A. bezoartica, Pallas, Misc. 8. 
A. Gazella, Forster, MSS. 56. 
A. Recticornis, part., ral. Syst. 272; Gatterer, Brev. Zool.i.78 ; 
Pallas, Nov. Com. Petrop. xii. t. 10. f. 6. 
Oryx or Gemsbok, Harris, W. A. S. A. t. 9, and head. 
Oryx capensis, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 139; Harris, W. An. 
Africa, t. 9. 
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