A HF.RD OF FRIXGE-EARED ORYX 



XXIV 

 The Antelopes of East Africa 



LUDWIG HECK lays it down in his book Das 

 Tierreich, that the word ''antelope" embraces all 

 horned animals except goats, sheep, and cattle. We may 

 safely apply it, therefore, to most of the different kinds of 

 ruminants met with on the East African plains. Amongst 

 the various species there are two that are notable for 

 their size and strength ; these are the greater kudu 

 (Strepsiceros strepsiceros) which the Masai call " ormalu " ;. 

 and the eland ( Tanrotragus livuigstonei} called by the 

 Masai " o'ssirwa," and by the natives of the coast 

 "mpotu." The kudu, the males of which carry larger and 

 stronger horns than any other African antelope, dwells in 

 mountainous districts, and seldom makes its way into> 

 the Masai country. In Unyamwesi it is frequently 

 to be met with, and I possess a pair of huge horns 

 "record" horns which were stated to have come from the 

 Useguha hinterland. 



According to Oscar Neumann the kudu was to> 

 be found among the Pare Mountains in 1893, though 



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