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LIVINGSTONES ELAND 



swampy coimtiy affected l)y many. T. gratns and 2\ spekci are 

 larger forms ; the Boschbok, T. sylvaticus, is smaller. 



'J'lie Kudus, genus Strepsiccros, have more markedly twisted 

 horns, which are absent in the female. The body is vertically 

 striped with white. The largest species is >S'. Indu ; a smaller 

 form, S. iinherhis, is from Somaliland. 



The last genus of this section or sub-family is the African Eland, 

 genus O'rcas ^ (which it appears should l)e spelt Orias). The Elands 



1^ i^ fadi Vit;/ 



Fig. 165.— Eland. On 



are perhaps more Ox-like in appearance than the other members of 

 this group, and in both sexes have horns, in which the spiral 

 twisting is more close. Orias ca/ma is the name of the common 

 Eland. 0. Uriiigstim.ii has been applied to an East African 

 variety, wluch has thin and faint lateral stripes like the other 

 members of tlie group to wliich it belongs. 



The genus Boseltrphus includes only B. tragocuiiieJvs, the 

 Nilgai, which is purely Indian in range. The female is hornless, 

 and the horns of tlie male are smooth and not long. 



^ Taurotragus oryx lia.s mitbrtuiuitely been discovered to be the correct name 

 for the Eland. 



