SYNOPSIS OF THE 



points uncinating upwards ; muzzle broad ; nostrils 

 as in the Ox, but provided internally with a moveable 

 valve; glandulous excrescence on the cheeks ; a mane on 

 the neck ; considerable beard beneath the throat ; a small 

 dewlap; bristles round the orbits and on the lips ; ridge 

 of hair on the chaflfron; carcass round; tail hairy, as in 

 the horse ; legs clean and firm ; gregarious. Reside in 

 Africa. 



885. 1. C. Gnu (the Gnoo.) Adult male three feet ten 

 inches high at the shoulder, five feet six inches long; head 

 square; shoulder deep; body round; a pillow of fat on 

 the haunches ; legs long and clean ; horns dark, broad 

 upon the summit of the head, tapering out sideways over 

 the eyes, and turning up into a pointed hook ; black bristly 

 hair upon the face ; a tuft of similar hair beneath each 

 eye, concealing a gland; the ears are short ; white bristles 

 surround the eye, and spread on the legs; a vertical mane 

 on the neck, black in the centre, white at the sides ; a 

 bushy beard on theunder jaw, and dark -brown fringe along 

 the throat, down to between the fore-legs ; tail lined with 

 long white hair ; general colour of the fur deep brown ; 

 hoofs pointed, blue-black ; females smaller ; base of horns 

 less approximated, covered with coarse hair; calves pure 

 white. 



Antelope Gnu, Auctor. The Gnu of English. A. Niou of 

 French Authors. Gnoo of the Hottentots. Wilde Beest of 

 the Dutch Colonists. 



Icon. W. Daniell. F. Cuiver. Nobis in all its states. 



Habitat. The Karoo Plains of South Africa. 



886. 2. C. Taurina (the Kokoon.) Adult male nearly 

 four feet six inches high at the shoulder ; much lower at 

 the croup, and five feet from the breast to the rump ; head, 

 neck, and shoulder, excessively thick and strong ; head 



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