360 RED ANTELOPE. 



species is said to be one of the swiftest of the 

 whole tribe, so as almost to outstrip all pursuit. 

 Its measures are thus given by Mr. Pennant, viz. 

 " Length three feet eight inches : height two feet 

 eight inches. " It is said to be easily tamed, and 

 is principally found in Senegal. 



RED ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Ridunca. A. cormbus apice antrorsum recurcis, cor- 

 pore rufescente subhirto. Lin. Syni. Nat. p. 184. 



Red-brown Antelope, with round slightly annulated horns, re- 

 curved forwards at the tips. 



Le Nagor. Buff. 12. p. 326. pf. 46. 



Red Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 86. 



THE Red Antelope, or Nagor, is much allied to 

 the Nanguer, or Dama. It is about the size of a 

 Roebuck, and its colour on all parts is an uniform 

 reddish brown, palest on the breast and belly : 

 the horns, Avhich are short, black, smooth, and 

 but slightly marked with a few rings at their base, 

 are bent forwards at the tips in the same manner, 

 though not in so great a degree, as those of the 

 Nanguer. A preserved specimen of this animal 

 occurred among the animals brought by Adauson 

 from Senegal, and from it the Count de Buflfon 

 gave the slight description, and figure, in his 

 History of Quadrupeds. The measures of Mons. 

 Adanson's specimen were as follows, viz. From 

 nose to tail, nearly four feet : from the base of the 



