24 THE SELOLS COLLECTION. 



GNU, on WILDEBEEST. 



CoNXOCHiETES GNU. 



Bos gnou, Zimmermann, Spec. Zool. Geogr. p. 372, 1772; misspelt. 

 Antiloj^e gnu, Gmelin, Linn.'s Syst. Nat. yo\. i. p. 189, 1788. 

 Gounochaetes gnu, Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 119, 1852 ; Ann. 



Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. p. 291, 1869; Cat. Ruminants Brit. 



Mus. p. 43, 1872 ; Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 113, 1873. 



In the members of this germs the horns are not united in a 

 common pedicle, being more as in the Buffalo with an exj^anded 

 basal region. A well-developed mane is present on the neck. The 

 South African Gnu is distinguished from the other members of 

 the genus by its white tail, short snout, large orbits, and the shape 

 of the horns, which in the adult curve forward and downward and 

 then upward and backward. There is no marked shoulder hump, 

 but the hind quarters are very prominent. Height at shoulder 

 about 46 inches. Dorsal vertebi*ae fourteen in number. Good 

 horns measure from 28 to 26f inches on the front curve. 



Best horn measurement (No. 19. 7. 15. Ill) : — length over 

 curve 26^t ; width of palm in straight line 7-^ ; s])read from tip to 

 tip 14 i. 



Type locality, Cape Colon}^ ; fornieily this species was widely 

 distributed over Africa south of the Limpopo, but is now practically 

 exterminated in the wild state. 



84 85 —19.7.15.109-110. May, 1895. Mahemfontein, Orange 



River Colony. 

 86 — 19. 7. 15. 111. Skull and horns. Caledon, Cape Colony. 



87-92 —19.7.15.112-117 (sexes not recorded). Horns. Orange 



River Colony. 



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CONNOCII^TES TAUKIXLS TAURINUS. 



Antilope taurina, Burchell, Travels in S. Africa, vol. ii. p. 278, 1824; 



List Quadr. presented to Brit. Mus. p. 7, 1825. 

 Catohlepas taurinus, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 369, 



vol. V. p. 368, 1827. 

 Gatoblepas gorgon, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 371, 



vol. V. p. 369, 1827. 

 Connocheetes gorgon. Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 121, 1852. 

 Gorgon fasciatus, Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 43, 1872 ; Hand- 



Liet Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 114, 1873. 



