The Zululand Form of Livingstone's Antelope. 317 



XXXV. — On the Zululand Form of Livingstone 1 s Antelope 

 (Nesotragus Livingstonianus). By Oldfield Thomas. 



In April 1892 the well-known sportsman Mr. Arthur H. 

 Neumann obtained in Northern Zululand two specimens of a 

 small antelope locally known as the " Inhlengane," and these 

 specimens I exhibited at the Zoological Society * in the 

 following year, provisionally identifying them with the 

 Nesotragus Livingstonianus of the Zambezi. 



Of the latter form there was at that date in the Museum 

 only a flat scalp with the frontlet and horns, being the type 

 on which the species was founded. 



Recently, however, the Museum has received from Mr. Al- 

 fred Sharpe a female specimen of N. Livingstonianus from 

 Nyasaland, and therefore from approximately the typical 

 locality of the species. 



This female specimen differed widely from Mr. Neumann's 

 male Zululand examples, which were described both in my 

 paper {I. c.) read before the Zoological Society and in the 

 ' Book of Antelopes ' f, by being of a generally grizzled 

 fawn-colour, instead of deep rufous, while the fetlocks were 

 only indistinctly blackish behind, instead of being promi- 

 nently black all round. 



As it still seemed possible, however, that these differences 

 might be due to sex, Mr. Neumann was good enough to try 

 and procure female examples of the Zululand form ; and 

 through the kindness of Mr. Saunders, of that country, he 

 has now succeeded in getting a fine female skin, which he 

 has presented to the National Collection. 



This female proves to be precisely like the male specimens 

 previously examined, and therefore shows that tlie above 

 differences are not due to sex, and must be looked upon as 

 indicating subspecific distinction. 



This being the case, the Zululand subspecies may be termed 

 N. Livingstonianus 2^«e/*s/s ; its type being B.M. no. 9 >. 2. 1. 1 

 the male specimen first given by Mr. Neumann and already 

 sufficiently described in the works referred to. 



So far as the material goes, the Zululand form seems also 

 to have finer horns than that found on the Zambezi ; but 

 further males from the latter region will be necessary before 

 the exact degree of difference can be determined. 



* P. Z. S. 1893, p. -2M. 

 t Vol. ii. p. 55 (1896). 



