270 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



genus. They are distinguished by an oval head, with a 

 pointed snout, terminating in a diminutive muzzle ; the 

 horns are very small, lying horizontally on the top of the 

 head, with a few annuli or semi-annuli to the front, and 

 the base not concealed by the hair of the forehead, though 

 somewhat lengthened, and retaining the Cephalophine 

 character ; the ears of all are short and round ; the lachry- 

 mary opening is not as yet sufficiently investigated, but 

 appears to be wanting in one species ; there are no brushes 

 on the knees, and the tail is short ; the females are de- 

 prived of horns, and have two teats ? These very delicate 

 creatures are confined to Central and Southern Africa, 

 living in solitude in the forests : their voice is said to be a 

 loud and shrill warbling kind of cry. 



The Guevei. (A. Pygmea.) It is the female of this spe- 

 cies which has been so often confounded with, or caused 

 the establishment of, the Pigmy Musk, a species altogether 

 very doubtful ; yet in this species there are two varieties, 

 if not actually different animals. The larger Guevei, or 

 Royal Antelope of Pennant, is about eleven inches high at 

 the shoulder, and near twenty inches in length from the 

 nose to the tail ; the horns are one inch and a quarter long, 

 placed high on the head, rather close, bulky at base, black, 

 with one or two prominent annuli, then taper suddenly to a 

 sharp point ; there is a small lachrymary opening before the 

 eye, no appearance of a sack beneath it ; the muzzle is 

 complete, round, and black ; the ears are short, round, and 

 lined with white hair within, and the outside, face, cheeks, 

 upper lips, neck, back, thighs, and legs, are bright bay, 

 more buff on the limbs; the under jaw, chin, throat, an- 

 terior part and inside of the thighs, white ; the breast and 

 belly grayish-white, mixed with yellow ; the tail is short, 

 hairy, bay above, and white beneath ; the legs are very 

 slender, the pasterns rather long, and the hoofs black ; 

 the spurious hoofs appear wanting in some specimens. 



