KOODOO 



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is dark brown. The body is marked with six or seven 

 transverse white stripes. The tail is bushy, grey above 

 and white below. Length about 8 feet. Height 54 to 

 60 inches. Horns from 40 to 48 inches in a straight 



FIG. 128. Series of heads from N. Transvaal to show variation in 

 face markings. 



line ; 50 to 64 inches along the curve (Rowland Ward's 

 Records). Records : 67| inches, R. M. of Lydenburg 

 (author's measurements) ; 71 i inches over the curve 

 and 52f inches in a straight line, Mr. Cole-Rous, 

 Johannesburg (J. R. Ivy). This last magnificent pair 

 of horns was obtained in Secucuniland, Lydenburg 

 district, in August 1916. A fine bull weighed by Dr. 

 Schoch was 705 Ib. 



