CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 9. RUMINANTIA. 



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THE BUBALCS OR BEKKER-EL-WASH. 



founded with it ; its color, however, is deeper, in some parts becoming black, while the haunches 

 are whitish. Its flesh has a high game flavor, and is much esteemed. It is found in Southern 

 Africa, where it lives in large troops. Its speed rivals that of the horse. 



THE GNU. 



Genus CONNOCHETES : Connochcetes. — These animals have some resemblance to the ox : the 



muzzle is large and naked, the tail long and flowing; the horns are present in both sexes, and 



bend first downward and forward and then upward. The most noted .species is -the Gnu or Gnoo, 



« C. gnu — the Catohlepas of Pliny ; the Antilope Gnu of Linnaeus. It has a formidable pair of 



horns, leading first downward and then upward, and has been called the Horned Horse. It is 



about the size of a well-grown ass; the neck, body, and tail resemble those of a small horse; the 



pace is a species of light gallop. A herd of Gnus, when seen at a distance flying over the plains, 



• nnght be readily mistaken for a troop of the wild zebras or quao;gas which inhabit the same local- 



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