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Horns of Loder’s Gazelle. 
LODER’S GAZELLE (Gazella leptoceros). 
Rhim, Arabic. 
Although originally described so long ago as the year 1842, very 
little was known of this gazelle till specimens were procured by Sir 
EK. G. Loder, and described as a new species under the name of G. 
loderz. Further investigation proved them to be inseparable from the 
species named by F. Cuvier. This species is easily recognisable by 
the long and slender form of the nearly straight horns of the bucks, 
and the very pale tone of colouring of the upper-parts, which may 
be described as pale sandy fawn, with the characteristic gazelle- 
markings only indistinctly defined. On the face the dark streaks are 
sandy instead of rufous, and the light bands on the flanks are almost 
imperceptible, while the dark ones below them are pale sandy with the 
very slightest tinge of brown; the tail being sandy at the base, and 
gradually darkening to brownish black towards the tip. In the male 
the horns are about twice the length of the head, very slender, and 
closely and heavily ridged almost to the tips. Height at shoulder 
about 28 inches. Weight, 34 lbs. 
