184 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



VII. MADOQIIA (BHYNCHOTKAGUS) DAMABENSIS. 



Neotragus damarensis, Gilnther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 20 ; Flower 

 and Lydekker, Study of Mammals, p. 338, 1891 ; Lydekker, Horns 

 and Hoofs, p. 215, 1893. 



Cephalophus hemprichianus, Jentirik, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. ix, 

 p. 172, 1887. 



Nanotragus damarensis, Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsman in S. 

 Africa, p. 56, 1902. 



Madoqua damarensis, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 329 ; Sclater 

 and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii, p. 79, 1895 ; Lydekker, 

 Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 262, 1899 ; W. L. Sclater, 

 Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 182, 1900; Lonnberg, Arkiv 

 Zool. vol. iv, no. 3, p. 2, 1907 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, 

 ed. 6, p. 175, 1910. 



Bhynchotragus damarensis, 0. Neumann, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde* 

 1905, p. 8. 



Madoqua (Rhynchotragus) damarensis, Lydekker, Game Animals of 

 Africa, p. 191, 1908. 



Typical locality Damaraland. 



Imperfectly known. Size relatively large. General 

 colour greyish on crown and middle line of back, pale rufous, 

 or bufnsh cinnamon, on backs of ears, flanks, and legs ; crest 

 mixed with black ; skull apparently very similar to that of 

 M. kirki, but perhaps larger.! Maximum width of skull 

 (female) . 2 T 3 g inches (55 mm.) ; length from front of orbit to 

 tip of muzzle 2J (57 mm.) ; do. from back of orbit to 

 same 3-j^- inches (87 mm.). 



The range includes southern Angola. 



The two races are distinguished as follows : 



A. Colour duller ; under-parts white M. d. damarensis. 



B. Colour brighter ; under-parts huffish cinnamon M. d. variant 



A. Madoqua damarensis damarensis. 



Typical locality Damaraland. 

 General colour- tone dull ; under-parts white. 

 79. 12. 25. 1. Skull and skin, female. Omaruru, Damara- 

 land. Type. Purchased, 1879. 



* Although Neumann does not actually use this name, he 

 includes all the members of the kirki group of Thomas (P.Z.S. 1894) 

 in Rhynchotragus. Lonnberg appears somewhat confused, as he 

 includes damarensis in Madoqua and yet refers to it as a member of 

 one of the groups of Rhynchotragus. 



t Described from a female specimen, which would be larger than 

 a male skull. 



