CHAPTER XXI 

 THE UNGULATES continued 



THE HOLLOW-HORNED RUMINANTS continued 

 THE GAZELLES Genus Gazella 



A "TREK" OF SPRINGBOK. 



THE large and extensive group 

 of antelopes known as gazelles brings 

 us to the first of an assemblage of 

 several widely-spread genera, differ- 

 ing considerably from those yet 

 noticed. Most of these antelopes 

 are of small or moderate size, and the majority of them are inhabitants of the 

 deserts of the Old World. The whole of them have narrow upper molar teeth like 

 sheep, and their muzzles are similarly covered with hair. There is very frequently 

 a gland below the eye, and the tail is either short or of moderate length. As a rule, 

 the horns are compressed and lyrate or recurved, or cylindrical and spiral, with dis- 

 tinct rings for a considerable portion of their length. The skull has large pits in the 

 forehead. 



The gazelles are among the most elegant of all antelopes, and are characterized 

 by their sandy color and the presence of a white streak on the side of the face from 

 the base of the horn nearly to the nose, thus cutting off a dark triangular patch in 



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