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FIGS.: Buffon. Hist. Nat., suppl., vol. 6, pi. 20, 1782; Schreber, Saugthiere, 

 pi. 278, 1784; Sclater and Thomas, 1899, vol. 4, pi. 76, p. 11, fig. 88; Ren- 

 shaw, 1921, pi., and 1934, pi. facing p. 32. 



The Blaauwbok was apparently the first of the Recent African 

 mammals to succumb to civilized man and his weapons. As long 



FIG. 64. Blaauwbok (Hippotragus leucophaeus) . After Daniell, in Jardine's 



Naturalist's Library. 



ago as 1799 or 1800 the last one disappeared from the very restricted 

 range of the species near the southern tip of the continent. 



General color bluish gray ; forehead brown ; upper lip and a patch 

 in front of the eye lighter than the general color; mane short, 

 directed forward; throat-fringe almost wanting; under parts dull 

 whitish; limbs with an inconspicuous darker line in front; tail tuft 

 grayish. Horns like those of the Roan Antelope, but smaller and 

 slenderer, up to 24f inches in length. Height at shoulder, 45 inches 

 (male) to 40 inches (female). (Sclater and Thomas, 1899, vol. 4, 

 p. 6; Lydekker and Elaine, 1914, vol. 3, p. 133.) 



