NO. I/ UNGULATES AND PRIMATES FROM AFRICA HEELER 3 



BUBALIS LELWEL KENIiE, new subspecies 

 Kenia Lelwel Hartebeest 



Type from the Xorth Kenia Plateau, 20 miles northeast of Nyeri 

 near the Meru road; adult male. Cat. No. 182009, U. S. Nat. .Mus., 

 shot by Paul J. Rainey, June 2j, [911 ; original number, 2310. 



Characters. — Resembling Bubalis lelwel jacksoni closely in colora- 

 tion and size but differing by the more widely spread or diverge u 

 horns and by decidedly shorter horn pedicle. From cokei or any of 

 its races it is at once distinguishable by its V-shaped horns, longer 

 head and larger body size. 



Dorsal coloration uniform cinnamon-rufous, the color becoming 

 gradually lighter on the sides and belly where it is ochraceous-buff. 

 1 ,egs like the sides without any black markings except a black border 

 to the clefts of the hoofs in front. Terminal half of tail furnished 

 with a long black tuft. Crown of head and snout darker and more 

 rufous than the back. Ears like the back except on inside where 

 the}' are clothed by white hair. Tip of chin black in marked con- 

 tra >t to the tawny throat. 



Dimensions of the type in the flesh : head and body along curve 

 of back, 2,000 mm.; tail, 570; hindfoot, 540; ear, 280. Skull: con- 

 dylo-basal length, 431 ; greatest length from bifurcation of horn 

 pedicle. 495 ; length of horn pedicle from bifurcation to orbit, 143 ; 

 least width of pedicle, ill; gnathion to tooth row, 150; width of 

 palate across PM 2 , 88; length of premaxillse, 140; nasals, 223 x 42 : 

 vertical diameter of orbit, 50. Adult, but not aged, the teeth showing 

 very little wear. 



There is one other specimen in the collection besides the type. This 

 is also a male but from a locality some 20 miles farther west. It is 

 much younger than the type having just shed its milk molars. In 

 coloration it is quite light, being uniform buff in color without the 

 rufous tinge of the type. 



The horns of the type are broadly V-shaped with the tips turned 

 sharply backAvard at right angles and parallel in direction. Length 

 along front curve, 2134 inches, spread at tips, io}4 inches; circum- 

 ference at base, 1 1^4 inches. The horn pedicle is much wider than 

 in jacksoni, the least width being considerably greater than two- 

 thirds of the length. 



The Kenia lelwel is confined to the plateau region drained by the 

 Northern Guaso Nyiro and flanking Mount Kenia on the north. It 

 represents the extreme western range of the lelwel type of hartebeest. 



