1903. ] A NEW PIGMY ANTELOPE, 193 
NEOTRAGUS BATESI, Sp. n. (Plate XTX.) 
Size nearly half as large again as the Royal Antelope, V. pyg- 
nugus. The colour darker and slightly more smoky, the feet not 
so rufous, and the whitish markings of the underparts not so 
pure. 
The front of the face, crown of the head, and neck are dark 
smoky-brown, the back and upperside of tail more rufous or bay- 
coloured. All the fur annulated with dark brown and bright bay. 
The type of this new species, a male, bears the following notes 
on the label attached by the collector :—‘ Kfulen, Bulu Country, 
Kamarun, 1500 ft. above sea. Caught in trap on edge of garden, 
15 Sept. 1902.” Measurements: head and body 540 mm., tail 65, 
hind foot (without hoof) 160, ear (inside from notch) 50. 
Dimensions of skull of male (text-fig. 29):—Gyreatest length 
107 mm.; basal length 95; greatest breadth 51 (below orbits) ; 
breadth of brain-case 37:5; orbit to points of premaxille 48; 
length of nasals (middle line) 33; length of frontals 33; length 
of parietals 30; length of interparietals 13; greatest breadth of 
Text-fig. 29. 
Skull of Neotragus batesi. 
nasals 20; breadth in narrowest part 9; length of horn (broken) 
27, the perfect horn could not be less than 35 mm. in length ; 
distance between bases of horns 25; distance between tips 
(circa) 35; length of orbit 23; height of orbit 22; leneth of 
upper tooth-row 32; breadth of palate between pms.' 17, between 
ms.’ 20, between ms.’ 21°5, 
The dimensions of the skull of the female are practically the 
same as those of the male. 
The discovery of this new species extends the range of the genus 
Neotragus very considerably, for the Royal Antelope (V. pygmeus) 
is found only on the Gold Coast from Liberia to Lagos. 
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