THE ARROLA 



3. Blesbok (Z). albifrons). 



4. Tsessebe (Z>. lunatus). 



5. Arrola {D. hunteri). 



I shall refrain from discussing the third group, 

 Connochoetes, since no representatives of it are 

 present in Jubaland. 



Of the animals mentioned above, Coke's, 

 Neumann's and the Lelwel hartebeeste are found in 

 the highlands of East Africa : the topi is common 

 along the German border and near Muhoroni, but the 

 race to which I have referred {^D. c.jimela) is typically 

 from the Juba River Valley. It is also found in 

 considerable numbers near Lake Rudolf. In Juba- 

 land the topi takes the place of the true hartebeeste, 

 which is absent. It will be seen, therefore, that it is 

 widely distributed in the Protectorate. On the other 

 hand, the arrola, which is the only other species of 

 the family Bubalidinae in Jubaland, is extremely local 

 in its range, and is found only in the Tana Valley and 

 on the borders of Tanaland and Jubaland and nowhere 

 else in Africa. 



Standing about 48 inches at the shoulder, the 

 arrola is of a light and attractive build, while the horns 

 are of a simple and graceful form, slanting first out- 

 wards and upwards, then bending backwards, after 

 which the long slender points are directed upwards 

 and outwards. They are heavily ringed for the first 

 12 inches, after which they are quite smooth. In the 

 bulls that are not quite fully adult, the tips of the 

 horns are directed noticeably inwards and not out- 

 wards, though in the case of immature females this 

 does not appear to be the case. The face is of medium 

 leno-th, without any horn pedicle. The cheek teeth 

 are large, and are peculiar in that there are only two, 



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