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LODER S GAZELLE 



legend. Its blood is Ijelieved by the Mongols to possess virtues, 

 and by means of the rings on the horns fortunes are told. Natur- 

 ally the animal is on these grounds hard to stalk and shoot. 



The Gazelles, genus Gazclla, are fairly numerous in species, 

 which are both I'alaearctic and Ethiopian. There are altogether 

 twenty-five of them. The genus as a whole is characterised by 

 the small or moderate size, the sandy coloration with white belly. 



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Fig. 161. — Loder's Gazelle. Gn~cUa loderi. x jV- 



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the presence of dark and light stripes on the face and on the 

 flanks. These streaks, however, are not always present, and their 

 presence or absence serves to differentiate some of tlie species. 

 The horns are usually present in both sexes. The horns are of 

 fair length, ringed, and of lyrate form. 



The Springbok is separated from the rest of the Gazelles, to 

 which genus it is clearly most nearly related, as a genus Anti- 

 dorcas. This genus differs from Gazella by having only two lower 

 premolars as in Saiga. Otherwise it resembles the Gazelles ; 

 there is but a single species, A. eiwlwre, which is African. 



