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Genus. Damalis. 



20. Boselaphiis Oreas* The Impoofo. Eland of the Cape 

 Colonists. Impoofo, or Pooffo of the Bechuana and Matabili. 



Adult male six feet six inches high at the shoulder, and about 

 twelve in extreme length. Facial line straight. Muzzle broad. 

 Forehead square, covered with a cluster of strong wiry brown 

 hair, margined on either side by a yellow streak, commencing 

 above the eyes, and nearly meeting half way down the face. 

 Horns placed on the summits of the frontals; about two feet 

 long, massy, and nearly straight, with a ponderous ridge ascend- 

 ing in a spiral direction nearly to the tips. Proportions of the 

 body like those of a bull. Neck very thick. Shoulders very 

 deep. Larynx very prominent. A broad deep dewlap, fringed 

 with long wiry brown hair, descending to the knees. A crest of 

 bristles from the forehead, passing upwards and recurrent along 

 the edge of the neck. Legs short. Hind quarters very large. 

 Tail two feet three or four inches lung, with a large tuft of 

 coarse brown hair. Hide black. Hair very short. General 

 colour rufous dun, or ashy grey tinged with ochre. A muzzle. 

 No suborbital sinus. 



Female smaller and slighter, with longer and more slender 

 horns. No dewlap, but a tuft of hair on the larynx. Colour 

 redder. An udder with four mammae. 



Gregarious. Inhabits the open plains of the interior in vast 

 herds. 



21. Strepsiceros Koodoo. The Koodoo. Eechlongole of the 

 MatahUi. 



Adult male upwards of five feet high at the shoulder; above 

 nine feet in extreme length. Horns bulky and compressed, 

 having an anterior ridge, which forms with them two complete 

 spiral circles: the tips turned outwards and forwards; length 

 about three feet; colour brown; the tips black with a white 

 point. Chaffron straight. Muzzle very broad. Ears oblique, 

 very broad, and pointed at the tips, of a light brown colour. 

 Neck thick. Withers elevated. Dewlap anteriorly square. 

 Forehead black. A white line passing over the orbits unites on 



* The Bastard Eland of the Cape Colonists {Bo'selaphus Carina), is doubtless 

 identical with B. Oreas, and cannot be considered a distinct species. 



