SABLE ANTELOPE 



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and its near ally the roan antelope are well distinguished by the 

 scimitar-shaped horns, which arise at an angle with the plane of the 

 face, as well as by the maned neck, the tufts of long white hair below the 

 eyes, and the large size of the ears. By far the handsomer of the two 

 is the present species, whose sable coat and great length of horn render 

 the buck the most striking of its tribe. Other distinctive features are 

 the continuance of the white eye-stripe to the muzzle, the length of the 

 mane, and the relatively moderate size of the ears. The sable antelope 

 when wounded is a dangerous antagonist, to be approached with ex- 

 treme caution ; it runs with considerable speed, and possesses much 

 staying power. Height at shoulder about 4g feet. A single horn in 

 the Florence Museum, measured by Mr. F. C. Selous, is 61 inches on 

 the front curve. 



Distribution. From about the centre of the Transvaal northwards to 

 Nyasaland and the adjacent districts of South -East and East 

 Africa. Still abundant in parts of Eastern Mashonaland, and 

 thence towards the coast, as well as on the Batoka plateau to the 

 north of the Zambesi. Scarcer in Central East Africa and 

 Mozambique. 



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Locality. 



River Line, S.E. Africa . 

 Barotsiland 



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Matabililand 

 Tanganyika 

 Transvaal . 

 Rhodesia . 

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Owner. 



. Julius Jeppe. 



. A. P. Heneage. 



. Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



. G. F. Williams. 



. Norman B. Smith. 



. J. H. Hayes. 



. E. Cakhvell. 



. Berlin Museum. 



P. C. Keytel. 



. Capt. J. P. Grenfell. 



. E. S. Grogan. ' 



. Lieut. -Col. R. B. Fell. 



. C. S. Mann. 



. R. T. Coryndon. 



- Owner's measurements. 



