RED-FRONTED GAZELLE 



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RED-FRONTED GAZELLE 



separated from the white of the under-parts by a narrow streak of 

 sandy, thereby presenting a marked contrast to Gazella tJiomsoni. 

 Except on the upper part of the base, where it is sandy, the tail is 

 blackish ; and, unlike most gazelles, the species has no tufts of long hair 

 at the knees. The horns are relatively small, regularly divergent, 

 curving at first slightly backwards and then forwards, and heavily 

 ridged till the terminal two or three inches. The shoulder-height is 

 about 25 inches, and the record horn-length 1 1 in the western and 

 I 3 1- in the eastern race. 

 Specimens of the former 

 frequently show a mixture 

 of white hairs with the 

 rufous between the horns. 



Typically a native of 

 Senegal and Gambia, the 

 species apparently occurs 

 under the same form in 

 Nigeria and Lake Tchad, 

 but farther east is repre- 

 sented by distinct races, 

 which have been described 

 as separate species. 



The first of these is the 

 Kordofan race (G. r. salmi], 

 named on the evidence of 

 heads from Fashoda by Dr. 

 von Lorenz in the Sitzungs- 

 Berichtc of the Vienna 

 Academy for 1906, p. 28. 

 It appears to be a paler- 

 coloured animal than the 

 typical form, with a smaller 



area of white on the face, a broader dark flank-band, and the horns 

 larger and more incurved at the tips. 



Its range includes Kordofan, El Obeid, and other parts of the 

 eastern Sudan, extending eastwards to the Blue Nile and the Binder 

 river. 



Dr. Lorenz's original description of his G. sahni is as follows : 



" General colour pale yellowish brown. The somewhat elongated 

 hair of the forehead, crown, nose, and back of the neck, as also a 

 patch on the cheeks, rufous fawn. Region round the eye and a streak 



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FIG. 52. Head of Red-fronted Gazelle. 



