286 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
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Head of Roan Antelope. 
The ROAN ANTELOPE (Hippotragus equinus). 
Abu oruff, Dinka and Arabic. Mtagatst, Swazi and Zulu. 
I-taka, Amandebili. U-ka-muh-wz2z, Makuba. 
I-pala-pala chena, Makalaka. Qualata, Northern Bechuana. 
Gwenki, Hausa. Kwalata and Etselta, Ngami. 
Impengo eetuba, Masubia. Qualata Tseu, Barotsi. 
Kwar, Masara. Tat-hait-sa, Southern Bechuana. 
Klatakila, Basuto. Wunderbz, Abyssinian. 
Ipewa, Chilala and Chibisa. Abu aruf, Sudani. 
Chilumbulumbu, Chila. 
Its much larger size (height at shoulder about 4 feet 9 inches), the 
shorter horns and mane, the larger ears and eye-tufts, and, above all, 
the grizzled roan coat, render the present species easily distinguishable 
from its sable cousin. A marked character of the face of the roan 
antelope is the cutting-off of the white eye-stripe from the muzzle by 
a transverse dark bar connecting the dark nose-streak with the brown 
of the cheeks ; while the dark nose-streak itself likewise stops short of 
the muzzle, which is thus wholly white. Weight about 625 lbs. 
Distribution—F¥rom north of the Vaal and Orange Rivers through East 
and East Central Africa to the Sudan and Abyssinia, and westward 
