516 MAMMALIA. 



Genus 6. — A ntilope. — Cuvier. 



Geneiin Character. — Incisors o, no canines^ grinders |-^ ; to- 

 tal 32. Horns common to both sexes, or in the male only ; 

 bony core round and solid, sometimes compressed, generally 

 standing beneath the frontal crest ; variously inflected, for the 

 most part with annulations, or a projecting spiral ridge, in some 

 species bifurcated ; with a muzzle, half muzzle, or simple nos- 

 trils ; lachrymal sinus in most species ; eyes large ; ears gene- 

 rally long, pointed ; with inguinal pores ; legs slender ; two or 

 four teats. 



Antilope cervicapra. — The Common Antelope. — Plate 

 XXII. fig. 6.— Described, vol. II. p. 50. 



Sub-Genus 1. — Gazella. — Horns, with double flexures, 

 lyre form, annulated, without ridges in either sex. 



Antilope Euchore. — The Springbok. — Plate XXI*. fig. 4. 

 — Described, vol. II. p. 50. 



Sub-Genus 2. — Cervicapra. — Horns simple, having no an- 

 nulations, or ridges; some species, however, have a few. 



Sub-Division I. — With horns pointing forward. 



Antilope eleotragus. — The Rietbok. — Plate XXI*. fig. 5. 

 — Fur ash-gray, tinged with ochre, white, beneath ; hair on the 

 throat and breast long, of a cream white; horns black, slightly 

 bent forward, nine or ten inches long ; tail about ten inches. 

 Four feet and a half long. Inhabits Caffraria. • 



Sub-Division II. — Horns erect. 



Antilope quddriscopa The Four-Tufted Antelope — 



Plate XVII*. tig. 6. — Fur yellowish-gray, white beneath ; legs 

 slender, with tufts of hair on the knees and hind legs ; horns 

 four inches long, reclining, diverging, and pointed, with six or 

 seven small annulations at their base. Size of the roebuck. 

 Inhabits Africa. 



Sub-Division III. — Horns bent back. 



Sub-Genus 3. — Alcelaphus. — Horns annulated, and with 

 double flexures ; in neither sex are they ridged ; no inguinal 

 pores, but with lachrymal sinuses. 



