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THE KOODOO. 



Strepsiceros koodoo. SMITH. 

 PLATE XX. 



Antelope strepsiceros of Authors Striped Antelope, Pen- 

 nant" s Quad. i. p. 77. The Koodoo, Daniel. Damalis 

 (Strepsiceros), Smith in Griffith** Cuvier, iv. 357. 



THIS is a large and very beautiful animal, com- 

 bining many of tbe characters of the Sheep, Oxen, 

 and Antelopes. The male is nearly four feet high, 

 arid about eight feet long, exclusive of the tail. The 

 general colour is a sort of buff-grey, with a line of 

 white passing down the spine, crossed by four or five 

 others from behind the shoulders, and from two to 

 four across the croup. The forehead is black, and 

 a white line passes over the orbits ; a ridge of black 

 hair runs along the crest of the neck, and a similar 

 one, longer and coarser, hangs from the dewlap. The 

 horns rise from the crest of the skull, and rise per- 

 pendicularly up in large spiral whorls. Mr Pennant 

 mentions them as three feet nine inches in length. 



The Koodoo inhabits the woody parts of Caffraria 

 and the Karoo Mountains; but like the other large spe- 

 cies, begins to get scarce. They are fleeter than the 



