10 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



The local races are distinuished as follows : 





A. A light rump-patch, but no dark face-blaze. 



a. Horns distinctly bracket-shaped, and forming 



an obtuse angle at bend, with divergent 



tips ................................................... B. t. tora. 



b. Horns intermediate between a and c, with 



tips directed straight backwards ............. B. t. digglei. 



c. Horns less distinctly bracket-shaped, and 



forming nearly a right angle at bend, with 



convergent tips .................................. B. t. rahatensis. 



B. No light rump-patch, but a dark face-blaze. 



a. Horns directed forwards and then inwards ; 



general colour deep rufous .................... B. t. swaynei. 



b. Horns intermediate between those of tora and 



swaynei ; general colour deeper rufous ... B. t. noacki. 



The range includes Abyssinia and Somaliland. 



A. Bubalis tora tora. 



Bubalis tora typica, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Africa, 



p. 133, 1899. 

 Bubalis tora tora, Rothschild, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. 12,. 



p. 576, 1913. 



Typical locality Abyssinia. 



Horns distinctly bracket-shaped, with but slight inward 

 inclination, and forming (in a front view) an obtuse angle 

 at the bend, after which the direction of the tips is out- 

 wards ; general colour palish fulvous with rufous chin ; a 

 light rump-patch ; limbs also light except front of fore-legs. 

 Skull relatively slender and light; basal length 15f, and 

 maximum width 5| inches. Fine horns measure from 20 to 

 22J along front curve, with a girth of from 9 to 10, and a 

 tip-to-tip interval of from 10 to just over 22 inches. 



73. 8. 29. 1. Skin, mounted, with skull (figured in 

 Gray's Hand-List, pi. xli) in head. Dembelas, Abyssinia. 

 Co-type. Purchased, 1873. 



73. 8. 29. 2. Skin, mounted, female, with skull (figured 

 by Gray, loc. cit.) in head. Dembelas. Co-type. Same history. 



13. 11. 13. 1. Head, mounted. Binder Valley,. White 

 Nile ; collected by Capt. M. E. T. Gunthorpe. 



Presented ~by Col. E. J. Gunthorpe, 1913. 



13. 11. 13. 2. Head, mounted, female. Same locality 

 and collector. Same history. 



