1876.] 



DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTH-AFRICAN MAMMALS. 



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Xamk. 



Present Distribution •. 



Past Distrib ution, 



1. E/ephas iifricanut. A few still found in Cape colony, in the Cornmon through the whole of 9. Africa. 

 Knvsna forest. 



2. Hhinoceroa keitloa. 



Found in the Zulu country, in places 

 similar to those of the White Bhino- 



Ifo information, as this sppcies was not 

 distinguished from R. bicornis until 

 about 18:i6 by Sir A. Smith. He 

 says, " We may infer that the Keit- 

 loa has not, at least for many years, 

 been in the habit of generally ex- 

 tending his range higher than about 

 25° S. lat." 



3. Ji. tiniut 



Still found in the Zulu country about lat. 

 28°, not further west thaii long. 31', 

 until we come to lat. 24° ; there found 

 everywhere more or less commonly in 

 siiitable localities. 



Fir.-t found bv Burchell at Latakoo in 

 1812, lat. 27', long. 24°, said by the 

 natives at that time to have occurred 

 frequently even eouth of this. 



7rt. H.bicornU -Same as preceding species, but probably 



extends westwards a little sooner than 

 it does. 



In 16.52 common on Table Slountaln; In 

 177.T found by Sparrmann in lat. 32° ; 

 in 1812 mentioned by Dr. Burchell as 

 almost exterminated in that latitude. 

 Last one in Cape colony seen in 1S44I 

 in the Zuurljerg and Addo bush {vide 

 Gordon Cumming's book, vol. i. p. 43).. 

 Zuurberg is in lat. 33°. 



4. T.qttu» quagga Unknown apparently, the Quagga so often 



mentioned by African hunters being 

 J?, bun^hellii. 



At one time very common through the 

 colony up to the Vaal river, which U 

 said by Harris to be its northern limit. 

 In his time it was very numerous ii* 

 the extensive plains north of the Vaal 

 river, in 1836. 



t>. K. monfamn Said still to occur in the mountainous 



districts of George (?), in the Cape 

 colony. Mentioned by Livingstone as 

 occurring on the Zambesi in about 

 1861, and by Baines in Damara Land 

 in 18.il ; but its proper limits are very 

 imperfectly known. 



6. K. hyircheUii From 29° lat. in the Zulu country, in any 



place where there is any large game, 

 but getting very scarce in the open 

 places of the Transvaal and Orange 

 IVee State. 



Pi'obablv the same limits as now. 



It is likely that this species only ocourred 

 to the north of the Orange River, taking 

 the place of the real Quagga. 



fraefiUa eunjiorp 





12. Cobvi ellipit 

 prymmvs. 



Still found through the colonies, but spa- 

 ringly in comparison to former years. 

 Abimdant in grassy plains through the 

 Orange Free State and the Transvaal. 



Still inhabits the Zulu country, getting 

 rommoner the further north ; very 

 common on the Limpopo from about 

 lat. 25° to the west. Mentioned by 

 Baines in 1861 as being found first in 

 long. 18°, lat. 22° 30'. 



Found in the Zulu country ; common on 

 the Mariqua and Limpopo rivers, lat. 

 25°. Probably does not extend much 

 further west than long. 24°. 



Extremely common everywhere in suit-- 

 able localities, but not further east 

 than the Draken^berg Mountains. 



Found by Burchell at Kuruman in lat. 

 27° 6'," long. 24' 39', who calls it one of 

 the rarer Antelopes, probably did not 

 occur much to the south in this part 

 of Africa. 



Seems not to have been found very faf 

 from its pre=*ent limits. 



1 2 rt. C. lefichi 



13. SfrepsireroA kudu. 



To the west this species does not appa- 

 rently advance beyond 26° 30' );it. : 

 probable southern limit long. 21°. 



Found in the Zulu country, not west of 

 long. 30°, until we get between lat. 26° 

 and25°. 



In the same localities as atpi'esent. 



Common everywhere. A few in Caps 

 colony in the Zuurberg in 1849. 



* In all cases when boundaries are mentioned, Petermano'a map of South Africa is referred to. 



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