644 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



The Bubal still existed in 1925 in the region of Missour (eastern 

 Morocco), in 1900 between the Chott Tigri and Mecheria, in 1888 

 in the environs of Ain Sefra (western Algeria) ; perhaps it still lives 

 south of Geryville (Algeria) , as well as on the south of the Moroccan 



FIG. 59. Bubal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus). After photo- 

 graph in Brehm. 



High Atlas, among the Ait Merrad (north of Tafilalet) and the Ait 

 Ounir (west of Tafilalet) (Joleaud, 1929, p. 448) . 

 Ruxton and Schwarz (1929, p. 575) state: 



The typical race of this species has, in former years, been a frequent in- 

 habitant of menageries. But we have seen no skin or skull of a wild-killed 

 specimen. There are none in the British, Paris, and Berlin Museums. As a 

 matter of fact, it appears highly probable that this form is utterly extinct. 

 All inquiries have proved fruitless in Algeria and Tunisia, as well as in 

 Morocco. . . . 



A private communication from Dr. E. Hartert of Tring speaks of the 

 occurrence of A. b. buselaphus in the valley of the Muluya River, Morocco, 

 but, according to Dr. Russo, chief of the Hydrological Service at Rabat, 

 Morocco, it is no longer found there. A specimen . . . has been obtained 

 near Geryville, south of the Chott Chergui, in the Saharan Atlas, Algeria. 



