LODEKS GAZELLE 



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be described as pale sandy fawn, with the characteristic gazelle- 

 markings only indistinctly defined. On the face the dark streaks are 

 sandy instead of rufous ; and the light bands on the flanks are almost 

 imperceptible, while the dark ones below them are pale sandy with the 

 very slightest tinge of brown ; the tail being sandy at the base and 

 gradually darkening to brownish black towards the tip. In the male 

 the horns are about twice the length of the head, very slender, and 

 closely and heavily ridged almost to the tips. Height at shoulder 

 about 28 inches. Weight, 34 Ibs. 



Distribution. The sandy tracts of the interior of Algeria, Tunisia, and 

 Western Egypt, thence extending southwards into Nubia and 

 Sennar. The native name is rhem or rhim (reem). 



Length on Circum- .,. n .- , ,. 



front curve, ference. liptolip. Locahty. 



-14* 



Mi 



-14 



14 

 138 



31 



33 



9 HT 

 9 -"I! 



4i 



2 



42 



31 



33 



s'i 



South of Biskra . 

 Southern Tunisia 



Do. 



Algiers 

 South of Biskra . 



5 



Algeria 



Do. 



Do. . *. 



Tue Erg 

 Algeria 



Do. 



Southern Tunisia . 

 Sahara 



Do. 



Southern Tunisia . 

 Fayoum, Egypt . 



Southern Tunisia . 



Owner. 



Dr. Dawtrey Drewitt. 

 J. I. S. Whitaker. 

 Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 Dr. Albert von Stephani. 

 F. II. Barber. 

 P. C. Keytel. 

 Julius Jeppe. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 Hon. R. A. Ward. 

 A. E. Pease. 

 Mr. Justice Hopley. 

 \V. E. Pease. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 Viscount Edmond de Poncins. 

 A. Louw. 

 J. I. S. Whitaker. 

 Capt. S. S. Flower. 

 Julius Jeppe. 

 J. Menges. 



- Owner's measurements 



