ROAN ANTELOPE 



273 



Head of Roan Antelope, from a specimen shot by Mr. K. C. Selous. 



ROAN ANTELOPE 



Abu oruffofihe Dinkas and Arabs. 

 Ee-taka of the Amandebili. 

 Ee-pala-pala chena of the Maka- 



lakas. 



Gwenki of the Hausas. 

 Impengo eetuba of the Masubias. 

 Kwar of the Masaras. 

 Klabakila of the Basuto. 

 Ipewa in the Chilala and Chibisa 



countries. 



(Hippotragus equinus). 



Mtagaisi of the Svvazis and Zulus. 

 Oo-ka-mooh-ive of the Makubas. 

 Qualata of the Northern Bech- 



uanas. 



Kivalata and Etsetla in Ngamiland. 

 Qualata and Tseu in Barotsiland. 

 Tai-hait-sa of the Southern Bech- 



uanas. 

 Wunderbce of the Abyssinians. 



In spite of its larger size (height at shoulder about 4 feet 9 inches), 



the shorter horns and mane, the larger ears and eye-tufts, and, above 



all, the grizzled roan coat, render the present species a much less 



striking animal than its sable cousin. A marked character of the face 



of the roan antelope is the cutting-off of the white eye-stripe from the 



muzzle by a transverse dark bar connecting the dark nose-streak with 



the brown of the cheeks ; while the dark nose-streak itself likewise stops 



short of the muzzle, which is thus wholly white. Weight about 625 Ibs. 



Distribution. From north of the Vaal and Orange Rivers through East 



and East Central Africa to the Sudan and Abyssinia, and westward 



to Angola, Nigeria, Gambia, and Senegambia. The name H. equinus 



rufopallidus has been applied to the East African race, while the 



Abyssinian form is known as H. e. bakeri, and the West African as 



