TRUE HAllTEBEESTES 



the teeth, which in the upper jaw have tall and narrow 

 crowns, resemble those of the sheep or goat. 



The true hartebeeste is characterised by the 

 enormous development of the upper prolongation of 

 the forehead, known as the " pedicle," on which the 

 horns are mounted ; the latter are doubly curved and 

 heavily ringed, while the remarkable height of the 

 withers and falling away of the hindquarters is another 

 noticeable peculiarity. There are nine well-known 

 varieties of true hartebeeste, namely : — 



1. The Bubal Hartebeeste {B. boselaphus), North Africa. 



2. The Western Hartebeeste (^B. major), Senegambia and 



West Coast. 



3. Tora Hartebeeste {B. tora), Abyssinia and Blue Nile 



basin. 



4. Swayne's Hartebeeste {B. Swaynef), Somaliland. 



5. Coke's Hartebeeste {B. cokei), British and German East 



Africa. 



6. Cape Hartebeeste {B. cama), South Africa. 



7. Lelwel Hartebeeste {B. lekvel), East Central Africa. 



8. Neumann's Hartebeeste {B. neu/iia?i?ti), Lake Rudolf. 



9. The Konzi Hartebeeste {B. Ikhtetisteini), East Africa, 



north of Sabi River, Nyasaland and Mozambique. 



There are several varieties of the above species, 

 but it is unnecessary to name them here, as their final 

 classification is by no means complete. 



We now come to a group of antelopes closely akin 

 to the more typical hartebeestes, from which they are 

 distinguished by the more moderate length of face, 

 by the absence of the horn pedicle, and by the simple 

 lyrate form of the horns, while the withers are much 

 less elevated above the hindquarters. There are five 

 well-known species in this group. " 



1. Topi, korrigam and tiang {Damaliscus corrigiivijimeld), 



2. Bontebok {D. pycargus). 



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