716 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



The Addax "have now all been completely destroyed and can 

 never be reintroduced" (T. W. Russell, MS, September 12, 1934) . 



The present habitat is the north of Haifa plains of Derr Markaz 

 [not located]. The causes of depletion are injudicious hunting and 

 reduced rainfall. The skins and horns are sold, and the meat is used 

 for food. Shooting is prohibited by Frontiers Department decision 

 of 6.V.1930. (Ministry of Agriculture and Zoological Garden, Cairo, 

 in Hit., January, 1937.) 



Palestine and Arabia. "The beautiful milk-white Addax is a 

 scarce and very large Antelope, but has a wide range through 

 Abyssinia, Nubia, and Egypt, as well as Arabia. ... It is well 

 known to the Arabs as 'Addas' or 'Akas,' and approaches the southern 

 and eastern frontiers of Palestine. Its claim to be included here is 

 rather historical than actual." (Tristram, 1884, p. 5.) 



Addax disappeared from the limits of Palestine about 25 years 

 ago (Aharoni, 1930, p. 329) . 



"The Addax . . . probably only sojourned on our territories 

 [Palestine] for a very short time, if at all" (Bodenheimer, 1935, 

 p. 116). 



In the absence of specimens, the above-quoted reports are not 

 regarded as satisfactory evidence of the former Asiatic occurrence of 

 the Addax. "The Bubal disappeared as a myth, and the Addax 

 followed suit" (Carruthers, 1935, p. 4) . 



Nyala; Inyala 



TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII Angas 1 



Tragelaphus Angasii "Gray" Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1848, p. 89, 1849. 

 ("The northern shores of St. Lucia Bay, in the Zulu country, lat. 28 

 south.") 



FIGS.: Angas, 1849, pis. 4, 5; Angas, Kafirs Illustrated, pi. 29, 1849; Baldwin, 

 African Hunting, pi. facing p. 92, 1863; Drummond, 1875, pi. facing p. 378; 

 Sclater and Thomas, 1900, vol. 4, pi. 92, pp. 140, 146, figs. 105, 106; Bryden, 

 1899, pi. 13, fig. 4, p. 463, fig. 39; Lydekker, 1908, pi. 13, fig. 4; Lydekker 

 and Blaine, 1914, vol. 3, p. 181, fig. 25; Selous 1914, pi. 37; Maydon, 

 1932, pis. 110, 141; Ward, 1935, p. 226, fig.; Pocock, 1937, p. 661, fig. 



The Nyala is locally distributed in the coastal belt of south- 

 eastern Africa. Its numbers are comparatively few, and many 

 have been destroyed by natives. 



The male has a shaggy aspect ; general color grayish black, tinged 

 with brown and ochre; sides with several transverse white stripes; 

 forehead sienna-brown; mane black on neck, white from withers 

 to tail ; ears rufous, tipped with black ; a white chevron between and 

 below the eyes ; lips, chin, and three marks beneath each eye white ; 

 a long fringe of dark hair extending down middle of throat, along 

 each side of belly, and across thighs to the tail; white spots or 



