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SOUTH AFRICAN MAMMALS 



of the genus, tbe true Blaauwbok (H. leucophoeus) is 

 now extinct. 



Hippotragus equinus. Roan Antelope. Bastard Eland. 



Kwalata (Bechuana) ; Kwalata tseu (Barotsi) ; 'Mtagaisi 



(Zulu) ; Takiaasi (Swazi). 



Colour a grizzled pale or fawn brown, rather like what 

 is sometimes known as a roan chestnut (almost a straw- 



FIG. 111. Dead Roan Antelope. 



berry roan) in horses. Head dark brown ; nose, lips, 

 chin, a patch in front of and one behind the eye, white 

 ears long, and tufted with long black hair. A fairly 



