TOR A HARTEBEEST 



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Frontlet and Horns of Tora Hartebeest. Shot by Lieut. -Col. Hon. W. Coke. 



TORA HARTEBEEST (Bubalis tora). 

 Native name, Worobo. 



I lorn-pedicle of medium length, the horns themselves in the form 

 of an inverted bracket (- . '). Height at shoulder about 48 inches. 

 Colour uniformly pale tawny fulvous, with the exception of the tail-tuft 

 and chin, which are black. Although of the same uniform colour, this 

 species is easily distinguished from B. boselaplius by its superior size 

 and differently shaped horns. Weight about 300 Ibs. 



Distribution. Abyssinia and south portion of Blue Nile. 



Length on f .- . 



Circum- Tip to 



,*T ference. T?p. 



Locality. Owner. 



Carl Hagenbeck. 

 Capt. J. S. Cavendish. 



. Lieut. -Col. Hon. W. Coke. 



illustration.) 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 Marquis Pizzardi. 

 Julius Jeppe. 

 . Col. A. Colville. 



Capt. H. H. S. Moram. 



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