SYNOPSIS OF THE 



A. Seoparia, Schreb. et Auctor. Ourebi, Pent. Suppl. 

 Buff. 



Icon. Buff. Schreb. Nobis. 

 Habitat. The plains of CafFraria. 



Sub-genus VII. — Tragulus. Horns in the males only, 

 placed near or upon the orbits, shorter than the ears, black, 

 round, vertical, distant, parallel, straight, inclining slightly 

 forward or backward, mostly without annuli or wrinkles, and 

 without stricE ; the ears long ; the body in general slender ; 

 high on the legs ; delicate ; head round ; black space before 

 and about the eyes ; a suborbital sinus ; small black rriuzzle ; 

 tail very short; inguinal pores; two mammce. ; no brushes ; 

 all monogamous or solitary in various situations. Africa. 



837. 30. A. Oreotragus (the Klipspringer.) Adult male 

 twenty-one to twenty-two inches high, three feet seven 

 inches long; forms robust; head short, round, and broad; 

 horns about five inches long, distant, round, vertical, slightly 

 inclined forwards, obscurely wrinkled at base, and annu- 

 lated in the middle, tips smooth and pointed ; legs robust ; 

 pasterns rigid ; fur standing off, spirally-twisted, hard, 

 ashy at base, brown in the middle, yellow at the tips, form- 

 ing an agreeable olive. 



A. Oreotragus, Gmel. and Auctor. A. Saltatrix, Bodd. 

 Sauteur des Rochers, Vosmaer, S^c. 



Icon. Goldfus. iVb^w male and female. 



Habitat. The rocks and precipices of CafFraria. 



838. 31. A. Rupestris (the Steenbock.) Adult male 

 twenty inches at the shoulder, twenty-two at the croup, 

 three feet six inches long ; head oval ; snout pointed ; 

 muzzle black, ending in a point upon the ridge of the nose ; 

 horns vertical, straight, parallel, round, slender, and pointed, 

 one or two rudiments of wrinkles at base, not quite four 



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