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parallel, round, slender, and pointed, one or two rudiments of 

 wrinkles at base, not quite four inches long ; ears longer, 

 open, pointed ; general colour chocolate-rufous, below white ; 

 groin naked and black; tail not protruding beyond the hairs; 

 pasterns short. 



Inhabits the bushes of high grounds in South Africa. 



A. Tragulus Rupestris, Forst. Lichten. Tragulus, Desmar. 

 A. Dama, Cuv. A. Ibex, Afzel. Steenbok of the Dutch 

 Colonists. 



Tragulus Rufescens. (The Vlackte Steen-bok.) Male very 

 high on the legs, two feet six inches from nose to tail; horns 

 reclining slightly with the points turned upwards, round, smooth, 

 without wrinkles or annuli, parallel, three inches and a half 

 long, one inch and a half asunder at base, two inches from 

 tip to tip ; ears four inches and a half long ; head squarer than 

 the former, small black muzzle ; general colour bright fulvous 

 red with a cast of crimson, beneath white ; tail very short. 



Inhabits the open plains of Caffraria, — very rare. 



A. Rufescens, Burchell, MS. Vlackte Steenbok of the 

 Dutch Colonists. 



Tragulus melanofis, Afzel. (The Grysbok.) Adult male 

 nineteen or twenty inches high, three feet long ; head oval, 

 six inches long; horns four inches, smooth, round, vertical, 

 slender, inclining forward, one inch and a quarter asunder at 

 base, three inches from tip to tip; muzzle small and black; 

 ears four inches and a quarter long, broad, open ; colour deep 

 chesnut-red, intermixed with numerous single white hairs ; 

 teneath rufous. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



A. Grisea, Cuv. A. Melanotis, Lichtenstein. Grysbok of 

 the Cape Colonists. 



Tragulus pediotragus, Ahe\. (The Bleekbok.) Adult male 

 twenty-two to twenty-four inches high, three feet five inches 

 long, very slender and light of form ; head square ; nose pointed ; 

 horns perfectly straight, inclining backwards, round, with an 

 obsolete ridge in front, about four inches long, very pointed; 

 black naked ring round the eyes; ears broader and shorter 

 than the former; the tail near three inches long; general colour 

 pale rufous fawn-colour above, and white beneath ; females 

 Tedder in colour; two mammte. 



Inhabits the plains of Caffraria, — rare. 



A. Palida, Lichtenstein. A. Pediotragus, Afzelius, 



