30 THE SELOUS COLLECTION 



Subfamily OREOTRAGIN^E. 



KL1PSPRINOER. 



OREOTRAGUS ORKOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS. 



Antilope oreotragus, Zimmermann, Geogr. Geschichte, vol. iii. p. 269, 



1783. 

 Oreotragus typicus, A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii. p. 212, 



1834. 

 Oreotragus oreotragus, Jentink, Cat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. (Mus. Pays- 



Bas, vol. ix.) p. 131, 1887 ; Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mus. (ibid. vol. xi.) 



p. 160, 1892. 

 Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus, Lydekker and Elaine, Cat. Ungulate 



Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 126, 1914. 



Height at shoulder about 20 inches. The harsh pelage, com- 

 posed of coarse, flattened hairs, immediately distinguishes the 

 Klipspringer from all other African Antelopes. Horns in the 

 form of short spikes. Skull short and very broad, with well- 

 marked lachrymal depressions. Tail reduced to a small stump. 



The three heads in the Collection all have horns of about the 

 same size ; measurements of No. 19. 7. 15. 138 :-- length 4^ ; 

 circumference 2 ; spread from tip to tip 3. 



Typical locality, Cape Colony ; range extends into Rhodesia as 

 far north as the Zambesi. 



113 19. 7. 15. 138. August, 1889. Mazoe Eiver, Portuguese East 



Africa. 



114 _19. 7. 15. 139. 1885. Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. 



115 19.7.15.140. 1887. Western Matabililand, Southern 



Rhodesia. 



Subfamily NEOTRAGIN^E. 

 ORIBI. 



OUREBIA OUREBI. 



Antilope ourebi, Zimmermann, Geogr. Geschichte, vol. iii. p. 268, 1783. 



Antilope scoparia, Schreber, Saugthiere, pi. cclxi., 1785. 



Ourebia scoparia, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii. p. 15, 



fig. 23, 1895. 

 Ourebia ourebi, quoted by Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 169, 



footnote, 1908 ; Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. 



Mus. vol. ii. p. 133, 1914. 



