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HUNTERS HARTEBEEST 137 
Head of Hunter’s Hartebeest. 
The HIROLA, or HUNTER’S HARTEBEEST (Damaliscus hunteri). 
Arélt, Somali. Blanketta, Galla. 
With this species we come to a group of antelopes closely allied to 
the true hartebeests, but with the frontal region not elevated into 
a horn-pedicle, and the horns themselves forming in most cases a 
jyrate or simple curve, and the face of medium length. The hair of 
the face is directed uniformly downwards, and the face-glands are 
small. In the present species the slender horns are indeed doubly 
curved, although without the sudden angulation of the true hartebeests. 
They slant upwards and outwards, and then bend downwards, after 
which the long points are directed upwards. Colour uniform rufous, . 
with a chevron on the face, the inner surface of the ears, and the 
tail-tuft white. Height at shoulders about 48 inches; build light 
and graceful. 
Distribution.—Southern Somaliland to north bank of Tana River. 
