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Chiefly distinguished from typical defassa by the narrower 

 skull and the paler tint of fore part of back, the fawn of 

 which contrasts markedly with the ochery tinge of the 

 thighs and flanks ; forehead tawny ; middle of face brownish 

 black, paler posteriorly ; cheeks fawn. 



/. Kobus defassa annectens, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 

 vol. xi, p. 494, 1913. 



Typical locality Badingua, Upper Shari Valley. 



Described as intermediate between the preceding and 

 the following form, being much darker than in tschadensis, 

 with a shorter mane. Anterior portion of back, withers, and 

 upper part of shoulders brownish red, strongly suffused with 

 black and less contrasted with the colour of the neck than 

 in tschadensis; neck similar, but with less black suffusion, 

 owing to the shorter blackish tips of hairs ; crown and 

 forehead brownish red; middle portion of face similar, but 

 some hairs with black tips, notably near muzzle; cheeks 

 greyish red ; backs of ears reddish brown in basal two-thirds, 

 apical third black, whereas in tschadensis only the extreme 

 tip and in schubotzi the terminal fourth is blackish ; white of 

 buttocks sharply contrasted with brownish red area bordering 

 dark of rump; hind-legs from hocks, fore-legs from below 

 shoulders, and tail-tip brownish black; light bands round 

 lateral hoofs dirty white, those round hoofs brownish ; nnder- 

 parts sooty brown, except inguinal region, which is white. 



g. Kobus defassa schubotzi, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 

 vol. xi, p. 495, 1913. 



Typical locality Duma, near Libenge, Ubangui (Ubangi) 

 Valley, north-west Africa. 



Type in Senckenberg Museum. 



Allied to annectens, but distinguished by its shorter coat, 

 more brownish colour, blackish face, and more slender 

 horns. The describer observes that " the pale K. d. tschadensis, 

 with its long fur and indistinct markings, and the dark 

 K. d. schubotzi, with its bright markings and short coat, 

 seem at first to represent different species rather than local 

 forms of the same species, but the two are connected by 

 K. d. annectens, which combines the long fur of K. d. tschadensis 

 with the dark colour of the present form." 



