MAMMALIA. 105 



22. ORYX. 



Horns elongate, subulate, ringed at the base, straight or 

 slightly arched, placed on a line with the face. Neck maned 

 above and below. Tear-bag none. Nose subcervine. Muffle 

 only margining the nostrils. Hoofs narrow in front ; false 



hoofs large. Female . Teats 2 or 4. Skull: a suborbital 



lissure, but no fossa, the masseteric ridge not extending high ; 

 the auditory bulla large and compressed ; the basioccipital bone 

 with a raised eminence on each side ; molars with supplemental 

 lobes. 



Oryx, H. Smith, Griffith A. K.v. 182; Fischer, Syn. 624; Gray, 

 Ann. fy Mag. N. H. 1846,232; Knowsley Menag. 17; Turner, 

 P. Z. S. 1848. 



Bubalides, sp., Licht. Eerl. Mag. vi. 155, 1816. 



Oryx, sp., Ogilby, P. Z. Soc. 1836, 139. 



A. Oryx, sp., Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 1816. 



A. Orix, Lesson, Nov. Tab. R. A. 180, 1842. 



* Horns straight. 



1. ORYX GAZELLA. The KOOKAAM or GEMSBOC. 



Horns straight, shelving backwards. Throat with a bunch of 

 black hairs. Grey. Rump, face, spinal line, lateral streak, and 

 a very broad band on the thigh and cubitus, black in summer. 

 Black streak on the face conjoined under the chin. Young pale 

 brown. Hair blackish at the base. 



Capra Gazella, Linn. S. N. i. 96. 



Antilope Oryx, Pallas, Spic. Z. i. 14, xii. 16. 65; Gmelin, S. N. 



i. 189. 

 A. Bubalides Oryx, Licht. Berl. Mag. vi. 155 ; Reise, ii. 3S ; 



Schreb. Saugth. 1177. t. 257. t. 257 A. f. 1 ; Desm. Mamm. 473. 

 A. Oryx oryx, Blainv. B. S. Phil. 1816, 75; H. Smith, G. A. K. 



v. 814; Fischer, Syn. 478, 644; Burchell, Trav. ii. 23. 

 Oryx Gazella, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 156; Cat. Osteol. Sp. 



B. M. 58; Ann. fy Mag. N. H. 1847, 232; Knowsley Menag. 



17. t. 16. f. 2, young; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849, 124; Turner, 



P.Z. S. 1848. 



A. bezoartica, Pallas, Misc. 8. 

 A. Gazella, Forster, MSS. 56. 

 A. Recticornis, part., Erxl. Syst. 272 ; Gatterer, Brev. Zool. i. 78 ; 



Pallas, Nov. Com. Petrop. xiii. t. 10. f. 6. 

 Oryx or Gemsbok, Harris, W. A. S. A. t. 9, and head. 

 Oryx capensis, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 139; Harris, W. An. 



"Africa, t. 9. 



