SPRINGBUCK 



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Springbuck. 



antelope stands about 4^ feet at the shoulder, and in length it measures about 

 9i feet inclusive of the tail, which averages 24 inches. 



Passing on to the gazelles and their allies, the first species for 

 mention is the South African springbuck (Antidorcas euchore), 

 whose range extends to the southern boundary of the karu through German 

 South-west Africa, Bechuanaland, the Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal ; 

 northwards it reaches Benguela and Angola, but does not include Mashonaland or 

 Matabililand. The springbuck is easily distinguished from the true gazelles by a 



SABLE ANTELOPES. 



strip of long erectile white hairs known as the " fan," running along the middle of 

 the hinder half of the back. Both sexes carry horns, which are black and lyre- 

 shaped, with about twenty rings ; those of the bucks reaching from 15 to 19 inches, 

 those of the female from 10 to 13 inches. The shoulder- height of the bucks is 

 about 30 inches, the length 70 inches, inclusive of the 15-inch tail. The springbuck 

 is one of the brightest-coloured members of the group, being generally dark 

 cinnamon-yellow above, and white below, with no dark stripe along the flank 

 where the colours meet. The face is white with a dark stripe from the horns to 

 the angles of the mouth, and the ears are whitish on the inner surface. Springbuck 



