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To these M. Geoffroy has advantageously added those afforded by the 
substance of the frontal prominence or the bony nucleus of the horn. 
ANTILOPE*, 
The substance of the bony nucleus of the horns of the Antilopes is solid, 
and without pores or sinus, like the antlers of the Stag. They resemble 
the Stags moreover by their carmiers, by the lightness of their figure, and 
their swiftness. It is a very numerous genus, which it has been found 
necessary to divide, and principally according to the form of the horns. 
a. Horns annulated, with a double curvature directed forwards, inwards, 
or upwards. 
A. dorcas, L.; Buff. XII. xxiii. (The Gazelle). Round, large 
and black horns, and the size and graceful shape of the Roebuck; 
light fawn colour above; white beneath; a brown band along each 
flank; a tuft of hair on each knee, and a deep pouch in each groin. 
It inhabits the north of Africa, and lives in large herds, which form 
a circle when they are attacked, presenting their horns at all points. 
It is the usual prey of the Lion and Panther. The soft expression 
of its eye furnishes numerous images to the Arabian poets. 
A. corinna, Gm.; Buff. XII. xxvii. (The Corinna). Only 
differs in the horns, which are much more slender. It is perhaps a 
mere variety of sex. 
A. kevella, Gm.; Buff. XII. cclxxv. (The Kevel). Also very 
similar; but its horns are compressed at the base, and have a greater 
number of rings. The only mark in which it is even pretended that 
it differs from the Ahu of Kempfer, or the Tseyrain of the Persians 
and Turks (A. subgutturosa, Gm.), is a slight swelling under the 
throat of the latter. 
A. gutturosa, Pall.; the Dseren of the Montgoles; Hoang Yang, 
or Yellow Goat of the Chinese; Schreb. CCLXXV. Nearly 
similar colours, and the same kind of horns as the Gazelle properly 
so called; but it is nearly as large as the C. dama, and there is a 
considerable protuberance in the male produced by the larynx, and a 
large pouch under the belly. The female has no horns. This 
species lives in herds, in the barren plains of central Asia, and 
avoids both the forest and water. 
A. euchore, Forster; the Pouched Gazelle; Buff. Supp. VI. pl. 
xxi. (The Springbock). The south of Africa is filled with herds 
of this species. It is larger than the Gazelle, but of the same form 
and colour; it is distinguished by a fold of the skin of the croup 
covered with white hairs, which opens and enlarges at every bound 
the animal makes. 
* This name is not antient; it is a corruption of Antholops, a word found in 
Eustathius, who wrote in the time of Constantine, and which seems to refer to the 
beautiful eyes of the animal. The common Gazelle was well described by A®lian 
under the name of Doreas, which is properly that of the Roebuck. He calls it the 
Dorcas of Lybia. Gaxel is an Arabic word. 
