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KENYA PIGMY ANTELOPE. 



Nesotragus moschatus akeleyi. 



Nesotragus moschatus akeleyi, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. 

 no. 7, p. 1, 1913. 



Very closely related to the Zanzibar Pigmy Antelope, Neso- 

 tragus moschatus moschatus ; general colour rather darker, the 

 upper parts being chestnut brown. White of throat divided by a 

 fulvous band. Size as in typical form, about 13 to 14 inches at 

 shoulder. 



Horn measurements : — length 2f ; spread from tip to tip ly\. 



Typical locality, Mt. Kenya, Kenya Colony. In the " Life- 

 histories of African Game Animals " by Roosevelt and Heller 

 (vol. ii. p. 551, 1915) the range is given as "highland forest area 

 of Mt. Kenia, the Aberdare Range, and the Kikuyu Escarpment 

 south as far as Nairobi and Ngong." 



153 —19. 7. 15. 180. Kenya Province, Kenya Colony. 



DESERT PIGMY ANTELOPE. 

 Nesotragus moschatus deserticola. 



Nesotragus moschatus deserticola, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. 

 no. 7, p. 2, 1913. 



Distinguished from the typical race and JV. m. akelei/i by the 

 lighter colour of the pelage. The white on the throat is said to be 

 almost continuous, broken only by a narrow fulvous band. 



Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 178) : — length 3| ; spread 

 from tip to tip Ig. 



Typical locality, Maji ya Chumvi, Taru Desert ; range is 

 given as the Desert country of the coastal area from the Tana 

 River southward to the Tanganyika Temtory border. 



154 —19.7.15.178. Skull and horns. Dar-es-Salam, Tanga- 



nyika Territory. 



155 — 19. 7. 15. 179. Horns. Dar-es-Salam, Tanganyika Territory. 



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