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readily distinguished from them by having persistent horns, 

 like goats and sheep. The chamois belongs to this group. 

 The gira i ? distinguished from all other ruminants by 



Fig. 269. Striped Eland < 



Fig. 270. The Kern- Deer. 



* Striped Eland, discovered by Dr. Livingstone within the tropics, to the 

 north of the Cape Colony. What is remarkable in the history of these two 

 species or variety of the Eland is that the young of the Cape Eland is striped 

 like the northern species, but the stripes disappear as the animal becomes 

 adult. 



