BOHOR REEDBUCK 231 



THE BOHOR REEDBUCK 



{Cervicapra rediincd) 



Wonto, Gambia ; Baroufa, Galla ; Porhi OR ToJii, SWAHILI ; Behor OR 

 Bohor, Amharic ; Njasa, Waganda ; Duika, Kao 



(Plate viii, figs. 2, 3) 



Although the name bohor refers to the northern race, this species is 

 typically West African, and is nearly of the same size as the mountain- 

 reedbuck, from which it is distinguished by the sharp forward curva- 

 ture of the tips of the horns of the males so as to form hooks. The 

 general colour is uniformly bright fawn, usually with somewhat darker 

 markings on the face and a dark stripe down the front of the fore-legs 

 from the knee to the fetlock, while there are light rings round the eyes. 

 The tail, which is fawn-coloured above and white below, is less bushy 

 than in the other species. The height of the West African race has been 

 given at 28 inches, but the Sudan or the Uganda race is stated to stand 

 at least 30 inches at the shoulder. The record horn-length for the typical 

 Gambian or Western race is lof, and for the Sudan race 14^ inches. 



The following five races were recognised by the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild in the Appendix to Major Powell-Cotton's Sporting Trip 

 througJi Abyssinia^ published in 1902 : — 



In the typical W^estern, or Gambian, race, Cervicapra redwica 

 typica, inhabiting West Africa north of the forest-region, the horns are 

 short and stout, very thick at the base, and curved in front, with the 

 points turned inwards. 



The Sudan race, C. r. cottoni, from Kordofan, the White and the 

 Blue Nile, and the Isle of Meroe, has the horns long and thin, much 

 curved outwards and backwards, with the points curved straight over 

 or directly outwards. 



In the Abyssinian race, C. r. bohor, of central Abyssinia, the horns 

 are long, stouter, and not so curved as in cottoni. 



The Somali race, C. r. donaldsoni, from the east of Lado and western 

 Somaliland, has the horns long, slender, and curved outwards, with the 

 points much turned inwards. 



In the Uganda race, C. r. ivardi, from Uganda and the east coast 

 of Africa, the horns are short, stout, and curved outwards, with the 

 points much turned inwards. 



