CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



XXVI. CEPHALOPHUS (GUEVEI) MELANORHEUS. 



Cephalophus melanorheus, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, 

 vol. xviii, p. 167, 1846, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 11, pi. x, 1850, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 125, 1871, p. 600, Cat. Ungulata Brit. 

 Mus. p. 88, 1852, Cat. Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 28, 1872, Hand- 

 List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 98, 1873 ; Temminck, Esquiss. 

 Zool. Guine, pp. 194 and 236, 1853 ; Fiteinger, Sitzber. k. Ak. 

 Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, pt. 1, p. 166, 1869 ; Peters, Monatsber. Ak. 

 Berlin, 1876, p. 482 ; Matschie, Arch. Nat. 1891, pt. 1, pp. 353 

 and 354 ; Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 426 ; Lydekker, 

 Horns and Hoofs, p. 212, 1893, Great and Small Game of 

 Africa, p. 215, 1899, Game Animals of Africa, p. 161, 1908; 

 Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i, p. 185, 1895 ; 

 Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 7, vol. iv, p. 43, 1897. 



Antilope (Cephalophus) melanorheus, Wagner, Schreber's Sdugthiere, 

 Suppl. vol. v, p. 428, 1855. 



Cephalophus inelanorheneus, Alexander, From Niger to Nile, vol. ii, 

 p. 391, 1907. 



Guevei melanorheus, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 870 ; Cabrera, 

 Cat. Met. Mam. Mus. Madrid, p. 122, 1912. 



Typical locality Fernando Po. 



Differs from maxwelli by its inferior size (shoulder-height 

 about 13 inches), and by the brown of the back shading into 

 black on and at each side of the base of the tail, below 

 which there is a sudden change to white on the hips. 

 Foot-glands consisting of a simple tube, not extending so far 

 as the lateral hoofs, -and not expanded into a dilatation 

 between the bones in the manner of maxiuelli. Horns of 

 males but little larger than those of females. 



The range includes the country south and east of the 

 Niger, extending on the west coast from the Cameruns to 

 Angola, and eastwards to the coast, opposite Zanzibar, 

 Uganda, and B. E. Africa. The following features serve 

 to distinguish four of the local races of the species : 



A. Black of back extending on to croup. 



a. Under-parts pale slaty brown C. m. melanorheus. 



b. Under-parts darker (dark Isabella -brown) C. m. cequatorialis. 



c. Under-parts drab C. m. musculoides. 



B. Black of dorsal area restricted to region imme- 



diately round root of tail C. m. anchietce. 



The fifth race is too imperfectly known to be included 

 in this key. 



