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the Pretoria Zoo possesses several examples born in the 

 Gardens. It is usually a treacherous and pugnacious 

 animal in captivity, both to human beings and its own 

 kind alike, and is ever ready with its curved horns. One 

 particular bull in the National collection was so bad- 

 tempered that he had to be kept isolated, and it was 

 afterwards impossible to breed from him, owing to his 

 having injured several cows. He had to be locked up in 

 his stable before his paddock could be cleaned out. 



Genus CEPHALOPHUS. 



Small to medium-sized antelopes, of rather stout build. 

 Glands are present, consisting of a row of pores on a 

 naked line, running along the side of the face below the 

 eye. A tuft of long hair on the crown between the horns. 

 Tail short or medium. Lateral hoofs present. Mammae, 

 four. Horns short and straight, and placed far back 

 on the skull, with bases usually ringed or roughened. 

 Female sometimes also horned in the first two species, 

 nearly always in the third. 



Cephalophus natalensis. Bed or Natal Duiker. 



Booi Duiker or Rooi Bos-bokje, 

 Mkumbi (Zulu) ; Mzumbi (Swazi). 



This little animal, usually known to hunters by its 

 Swazi name of " mzumbi," differs markedly in coloration 

 from the succeeding species, being of a pure rufous or 

 chestnut-red colour. Under parts brownish yellow. Tip 

 of tail white. The tuft of hair on the forehead is long 

 and partially black. Height at shoulder 16 inches 'to 

 19 inches. Weight 26 to 30 Ib. Horns short, and 

 almost hidden by the tuft of hair, the bases stout and the 



