336 UNGULATA. 



lacked the impressive presence and the intelligent air 

 that together with its shapely horns and glossy black and 

 white coat, make the Sable Antelope conspicuous in a 

 family noted for the grace and beauty of its representa- 

 tives. 



SABLE ANTELOPE 



All Antelopes have true horns and with the exception 

 of a single species belong to one family. The Prong-Horn 

 Antelope (Antilocapra-americana), now rapidly becoming 

 extinct, is the only animal possessing a hollow horn with a 

 prong, and the only hollow-horned animal that sheds its 

 horns each year. It also lacks the "dew claws" possessed 

 by all other ruminants, and has long tubular hair on the 

 neck and body, that is erectile on the rump. Its horns are 

 placed directly over the eyes. 



