526 



Skull resembling that of Antilope, but shorter in proportion. 

 Nasals short. Lachrymal fossa variable: a distinct lachrymal 

 fissure. Auditory bullae large. Horns sometimes in both sexes, 

 those of the male compressed, oval in section, erect, with a more 

 or less marked siginoid curve, sublyrate or lyrate, surrounded by 

 subdistant prominent rings almost throughout. 



This genus contains more than 20 species, distributed throughout 

 Africa, Western and Central Asia (Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 535). 

 Eemains belonging to it are found in Indian Pleistocene and 

 Pliocene deposits, those in the former agreeing with G. bennetti. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. Females horned. Horns not turning inwards 



at points ; no caudal disk G. bennetti, p. 526. 



B. Females hornless. 



a. No caudal disk. Horns lyrate ; the tips 



turned inwards G. subgutturosa, p. 528. 



b. A white disk surrounding the tail. Horns 



much curved G. picticaudata, p. 529. 



359. Gazella bennetti. The Indian Gazelle. 



Antilope bennettii, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 104 ; Stanford, J. A. S. B. 



xxxvi, pt. 2, p. 196. 

 Antilope arabica, Elliot, Mad. Jour. L. S. x, p. 223 (1839), nee 



Licht. 

 Gazella christii, Gray, apud Blyth J. A. S. S. xi, p. 452 (1842) ; 



Hutton, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 151. 



Gazella bennetti, Gray, List Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 161 ; Button, J. A. 



S. B. xv, p. 150 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 280 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. K. xli, 



p. 229 ; Blanford, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 315 ; Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, 



p. 544 ; Ball, P. A. S. B. 1877, p. 172 ; W. Sdater, Cat. p. 159. 



Antilope hazenna, Is. Geoffr. Jacquemont, Voyage, iv, Zool. p. 74. 



Atlas, ii, pi. vi (1844). 

 Tragops bennetti, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 695 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 



1858, p. 622 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 173. 

 Gazella fuscifrons, Blanford, P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 317; id. Eastern 



Persia, ii, p. 92 ; Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 545. 



Chinkdra, Chikdra, Sal-punch, H. ; Phaskela, N.W. P. ; Ask or Ast, 

 Ahu, Baluch ; Khazm, Brahui ; Kalsipi, Mahr. ; Tiska, Buddri, Mudari, 

 Can. ; Sank-huU, Mysore ; Porsya $ , C7iari$, Baori ; Burudu-jinka, Tel. ; 

 Ravine deer of some Anglo-Indians. 



Horns present in both sexes, those in the male nearly straight, 

 diverging slightly from the base when viewed from the front, but 

 having a slight S-shaped curve when seen from the side, the points 

 curving a little forward ; the number of rings is generally 15 or 16, 

 but is said to be sometimes as many as 25 ; the horns in the female 

 are much smaller, smooth and conical. Infraorbital gland distinct, 

 having a small opening. 



Colour above light chestnut, a little darker where it joins the 

 white on the sides and buttocks ; no pale lateral band's ; chin, 

 breast, lower parts, and back of thighs white, the white colour not 



