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Apparently a larger form closely related to the typical 

 race of rufifrons, with a richer rufous colouring, and the 

 knee-tufts dull rufous. Skull larger and heavier than in 

 rvfifrons, with the lachrymal pits larger and deeper, the 

 nasal aperture relatively shorter and broader, and the upper 



FIG. 14. SKULL AND HORNS OP RED GAZELLE (Gazella rufina). 

 From Thomas, Proc. ZooL Soc. 1894. 



line of the premaxillae more curved ; basal length about 

 maximum width 3f , length from muzzle to orbit 4J inches ; 

 length of horns in type llf inches. 



94. 6. 4. 1. Skull, with horns (fig. 14), and skin. 

 Purchased by donor in Algiers. Type. 



Presented ly Sir E. G. Loder, Bart., 1894. 



XVI. GAZELLA LEPTOCEROS. 



Antilope leptoceros, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. iv, livr. Ixxii, 

 pis. 424 and 425, 1842 ; Wagner, Schreber's Saugthiere, Suppl. 

 vol. iv, p. 422, 1844, vol. v, p. 407, 1855 ; ScJiinz, Synop. Mamm. 

 vol. ii, p. 445, 1845, Mon. Antilop. p. 34, pi. xxxviii, 1848; 

 SundevaU, K. Svenska Vet.-AJc. Handl. 1845, p. 269, 1847; 

 Giebel, SdugetJiiere, p. 309, 1853-55 ; Heuglin, Beise Nordost- 

 Africa, vol. ii, p. 100, 1877. 



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