CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



IV. CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSIS. 



Cephalophus natalensis, A. Smith, 8. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii, 

 p. 217, 1834, Illustr. Zool. S. Africa, Mamm. pi. xxxii, 1841 ; 

 Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xviii, p. 166, 1846, 

 Knowsley Menagerie, p. 10, 1850, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 123, 

 1871, p. 598, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 85, 1852, Cat. Rumi- 

 nants Brit. Mus. p. 27, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. 

 p. 96, 1873, ; Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 170 ; Gerrard, 

 Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 236, 1862 ; Blyth, Cat. Mamm. 

 Mus. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, p. 168, 1863 ; Fitzinger, Sitzber. k. 

 Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, pt. 1, p. 166, 1869 ; Drummond, Large 

 Game S. Africa, p. 391, 1875 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. 

 Mus. pt. ii, p. 168, 1891, Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 161, 

 1900; Jentink, Cat. Mamm. Ley den Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 vol. xi) p. 162, 1892; Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsman in S. 

 Africa, p. 23, 1892; Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 419; 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 77, 1892, ed. 6, p. 165, 1910 ; 

 Lydekker, Horns and Hoofs, p. 209, 1893, Great and Small 

 Game of Africa, p. 215, 1899, Game Animals of Africa, p. 149, 

 1908 ; Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i, p. 139, 

 1895; Lonnberg, Arkiv Zool. vol. v, no. 10, p. 2, 1909; 

 Wroughton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. viii, p. 277, 1911. 



Cephalophorus natalensis, Gray. List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 163, 1843. 



Sylvicapra natalensis, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1844, 

 p. 190, 1846. 



Antilope (Cephalolophus) natalensis, Wagner, Schreber's Saugthiere, 

 Suppl. vol. iv, p. 453, 1844, vol. v, p. 426, 1855 ; Giebel, Sduge- 

 thiere, p. 321, 1855. 



NATAL DUIKER. 



Typical locality Natal. 



Size relatively small ; shoulder-height about 17 inches, 

 length of ear 2 J, of hind-foot 7|- inches. Build slender ; 

 colour uniformly tawny or chestnut, with a faintly marked 

 redder streak over eyebrows, the back of neck greyish 

 brown, and the chin and throat whitish ; tail slender, rufous 

 at root, brown, tipped with white, at extremity ; horns much 

 thickened at base, and attaining a length of about 3 inches 

 in good specimens. Basal length of skull 5| inches, maxi- 

 mum width, 2|, length from orbit to muzzle 3| inches. 



The following races have been named : 



A. Size small, length of hind-foot usually less than 

 7f- inches (199 mm.) ; colour dark ; ears short, 

 3 inches (76 mm.). 



a. General colour tawny, with nape pale slaty 



grey C. n. natalensis. 



b. General colour richer, redder on back and 



yellower on flanks with nape nearly black C. n. amcenus. 



