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ZOOLOGY 



The interesting question arises, Did this long-horned type originate from 

 a wild species of ox in Abyssinia or elsewhere in North-Eastern Africa? 

 Both the long-horned, straight-backed type of ox and the humped zebu, 

 together with the Eurasiatic cattle (Bos taurus) are all depicted in the 

 monuments of ancient Egypt. 



There is no form of wild sheep or goat known to exist in any part 

 of the Uganda Protectorate, neither the ibex of the Abyssinian mountains 



230. THE t'().M.\H)\ IHYKEU A.XTKLOPE OF EAST AXD SOUTH-EAST AFRICA (CEPJ{.U.OPHUS GRIMMl) 



nor the maned sheep of the Nubian and Libyan deserts. The domestic 

 sheep and goats are of those types common to tropical Africa, Arabia, 

 Syria, and Persia, and certainly had an Asiatic origin. 



Wherever there is not thick forest in the Uganda Protectorate, there 

 antelopes of many kinds are found, sometimes in great numbers. Within 

 the forest itself there are antelopes also, or ruminants, such as the 

 tragelaphs, which are incorrectly included under that designation. In the 

 dense iforests of Euwenzori and of Uganda proper the little Cephalopltus 



