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THE MOUNTAIN ANTELOPE. 



There has been much difference of opinion amongst 

 Indian naturalists and sportsmen as to this animal, whether it 

 is merely a variety of the four- horned antelope, ( Tetraceros 

 quadricornis) or whether it is a distinct species. Jerdon at 

 one time considered it distinct from the northern animal, as all 

 the specimens he procured from the Eastern Ghauts had only 

 a vestige of anterior horns and were very pale coloured ; but 

 in deference to Mr. Blyth's matured opinion, he has followed 



THE MOUNTAIN ANTELOPE. 



him and united the two into one species. McMaster in his 

 notes on Jerdon's book, considers the mountain antelope of 

 Madras sportsmen to be a distinct species and calls it Elliot's 

 antelope. Hawkeye states that : " the mountain antelope is 

 but little known, and perhaps has not been heard of by many, 

 as one of the game animals frequenting the mountain ranges 

 of Southern India," and says "that on the Pulneys this antelope 



