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Subfamily ANTILOPIN^E. 

 THOMSON'S GAZELLE. 



GAZELLA THOMSONI THOMSONI. 



Gazella thomsoni, Griinther, Ann. Mag-. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xiv. p. 427, 



1884. 

 Gazella thomsoni thomsoni, Eoosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of African 



Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 601, 1915. 



Size medium, height at shoulder about 25 inches. Horns long 

 and nearly parallel, good horns measure from 15 to 16J inches in 

 length. No dark patch on nose, a feature which distinguishes the 

 typical race from nasalis. 



The only specimen of the Kilimanjaro thomsoni in the Collection 

 is one obtained in 1915-16. The horns of this head are almost 

 parallel ; measurements : length on front curve 12 1 ; circumfer- 

 ence 3f ; spread from tip to tip 2|. 



Typical locality, Kilimanjaro District ; range extends from 

 Kilimanjaro southwards to the Irangi District in Tanganyika 

 Territory. 



276 19. 7. 15. 310. 1915-16. Taita and Taveta District, Kenya 

 Colony. 



BLACK-SNOUTED THOMSON'S GAZELLE. 

 GAZELLA THOMSONI NASALIS. 



Gazella thomsoni nasalis, Lonnberg, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. 

 p. 46, 1908. 



Closely related to the typical race, distinguished by the horns 

 being less parallel and the presence of a dark blackish spot on nose. 

 Lydekker and Blaine * considered the Thomson Gazelle from the 

 highlands of Kenya Colony as identical with the typical form from 

 Kilimanjaro. There has evidently been a mistake made, as the 

 authors state that " the absence of the nose-spot, upon which this 

 supposed race was founded, does not appear to be a constant 

 character of the Gazelles of this district." The race was founded 



* Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol.iii. pp. 83 and 85, 1914. 



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