SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Icon. Nobis male, female, and youn^. 

 Habitat. Western Africa, about the river Congo; is 

 found in the bushy plains. 



Sub-genus XIII. — N^emorhedus. Structure assuming a 

 caprine form ; skull solid, heavy ; horns in the males only ? 

 shorty round, bent back, annulated at base ; a small muzzle ; 

 a pouch upon the. intermaxillary bone of some ; hair coarse, 

 loose, dark ; legs robust. Reside in mountainous and woody 

 regions of Asia and Indian Archipelago. 



861. 54. A. Sumatrensis (the Cambing Ootan.) Adult 

 male two feet four inches high, four feet six inches long ; 

 muzzle broad and black ; suborbital sinus opening at a 

 naked space, with a round puncture; horns six inches 

 long, round, reclining, bent back, with ten or twelve 

 wrinkles at base ; tail short ; general colour black ; neck 

 covered with long white hairs ; under jaw and gullet white ; 

 hair coarse ; forms robust. 



Cambing Ootan, Marsden Sum. A. Interscapularis, 

 Licht. A. Sumatrensis, Auctor. Cambtan, F. Cuv. Desmar. 



Icon. Marsden Sumatra. Fred. Cuv. Nobis. 



Habitat. Mountain forests of Sumatra. Malayan Pen- 

 insula ? 



Var? A. Duvaucelii (Duvaucel's Antelope) described 

 from a drawing sent by Mr. Duvaucel from India. Muz- 

 zle smaller, horns more reclined, with fewer annuli ; colour 

 ashy gray ; mane on neck, standing up, and shorter ; lips, 

 chin, and throat, white. 



862. 55. A. Goral (the Goral.) Male two feet high, 

 three feet one inch long ; horns four inches and a half 

 long, black, subulate, bent back, smooth, with five or 

 six annuli at base ; eyes large, dark ; body round ; general 



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