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THE MAMMALS OF ETHIOPIAN AFRICA 



reedbuek (ft redunca), distinguished from the last by the more distinct 

 forward curvature of the horns, which consequently form well-marked hooks. 

 This species has a wide distribution, and is represented by five local races, 

 namely, ft redunca of West Africa, ft r. cottoni of Kordofan and the White 

 Nile, ft r. bohor of central Abyssinia, ft r. donuldsoni of the country east 

 of Lado and western Somaliland, and ft r. wardi of Uganda and the east coast 

 districts. 



BOHOR REEDBUCK. 



Waterbucks and Nearly allied to the reedbucks is the group of antelopes known 



Kobs. as -waterbucks and kobs, the former name being restricted to the 

 larger and the latter to the smaller species. In the waterbuck (Cobus 

 ellipsiprymnus) the horns of the bucks are long, slightly lyre-shaped, and 

 ringed almost throughout their length, which may be as much as 36i inches. 

 The range of this large and handsome species extends across the continent from 

 German South-west Africa to East Africa, thence northwards to Somaliland, and as 



