TOR A HARTEBEEST 



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Frontlet and Horns of Tora Hartebeest. Shot by Lieut. -Col. Hon. W. Coke. 



TORA HARTEBEEST (Bubalis tora). 



Native name, Worobo. 



Horn-pedicle of medium length, the horns themselves in the form 

 of an inverted bracket (' , '). Height at shoulder about 48 inches. 

 Colour uniformly pale tawny fulvous, with the exception of the tail-tuft 

 and chin, which are black. Although of the same uniform colour, this 

 species is easily distinguished from B. boselaphus by its superior size, 

 higher gait, and differently shaped horns. Weight about 400 Ibs. 

 Distribution. Abyssinia and south portion of Blue Nile. 



Lengthen <,. T; 



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Locality. 



22^ 9 22 Sudan . 



21 9 19^ Do. . 



2o 94 144 Do. . 



20$ 9^ 13^ Do. . 



2o| 10^ 17 Do. 



20 lof i6| Do. . 



20 9! 15! Do. . 



20 9^ 14! Lake Zuay, Abyssinia 



19! 9 i6 Dombelas, Abyssinia 



Owner. 



Carl Hagenbeck. 



Lieut. -Col. Hon. W. Coke. 



illustration. ) 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



Julius Jeppe. 



Capt. H. H. S. Morant. 



British Museum. 



Prince de Lucinge. 



British Museum. 



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