MAMMALIA. 75 



Antilope Oreotragus, Forster, MSS. 58 ; Schreb. Saugth. 1228. 



t. 259. 

 A. (Gazella) Oreotragus, Licht. Eerl. Mag. vi. 175 ; Saugth. 1. 15 ; 



Thunb. Mem. Acad. Petersb. in. 511 5 Desm. Mam. 460; 



Fischer, Syn. 466. 634. 



A. Tragulus oreotragus, H. Smith, G. A. K. v. 837. 

 Oreotragus Saltatrix, Harris, W. Anim. Afr. t. 24. f. 2. 

 Cervicapra Tragulus oreotragus, Gervais. 

 A. (Cervicapra) oreotragus, Desm. Mam. 460. 

 Antilope Saltatrix, Bodd. Elench. 141 ; 0. Des Mur. fy F. Pre- 



vost, Voy. en Abyssinie, vi. 33. t. 4. 



Tragelaphus oreotragus, Ruppell, Verz. Senck. SammL 181, 1845. 

 Gazelle, Le Vaillant, Deuz. Voy. d'Afrique, i. 162. 

 Klippspringer, Buff. H. N. Supp. vi. 183. t. 29, cop. E. M. t. 54. 



f. 3; Penn. Quad. i. 80; Shaw, Zool. ii. 321. 

 Kainsi, Hottentots. 

 Sessa in Amareen. 

 Sessah in Tigren. 

 Hob. Africa. S. Africa; Cape of Good Hope. East Africa; 



Abyssinia. 



Male and female, stuffed. S. Africa. 



Varies in brightness and depth of colour according to the 

 season. 



13. NESOTRAGUS. 



Muffle large, bald. Crumen large, deep, arched. Face and 

 forehead not crested. Ears large. Horns nearly straight, elon- 

 gate, strong, many-ringed, incumbent, in the direction of the 

 facial line nearly parallel. False hoofs none. Tail very short. 

 Females hornless. 



Very like Neotragus in form and character. 



Nesotragus, Von Duben, Vet. Ac. Oefvers. 1846, 221 ; Sundevall, 

 Pecora, 134; Gray, Knowsley Menag. 8; Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1850, 119. 



1. NESOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS. 



Reddish grey. Belly white. Legs pale reddish. Hair of back 

 brown, reddish above the middle, with an obscure pale dot and 

 blackish tip. 



Nesotragus moschatus, V. Duben, I. c. ; Sundev. Vet. Acad. 

 Oefversigt, 1846, 221 ; Sundevall, Pecora, 134; Gray, Knows- 

 ley Menag. 8; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851, 119. 



Hob. E. Africa; Island of Zanzibar. Male and female in Stock- 

 holm Museum. 



