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THE GRYSBUCK AND STEINBUCK 



Genus Rhaphiceros 



These two antelopes differ from the oribis by the absence of the naked 

 patch below the ear, the lateral hoofs being present in the former and 

 absent in the latter, the horns in both rising nearly vertically from the 

 head and the gland-pits in the skull being small. Neumann's steinbuck, 

 from East Africa, seems best regarded as a local race of the steinbuck. 



The Grysbuck (Rhaphiceros me/anotis) 



Grysbok or Grys Steinbok of the Boers ; Inhlengana of the Swazis 

 and Matonga ; Sash-lung-wan of the Matahele ; Isikupi of the 

 Transvaal Basuto ; Timba of the Makalakas. 



Colour, deep chocolate-red on the upper parts, plentifully stippled with 

 white hairs, and paling into rufous on the under parts and chest ; throat 

 rufous-yellow ; the hair on the frontals and back of the neck is also slightly 

 stippled, but this does not extend to the cheeks, sides of the neck, throat, 

 chest, or under parts. There is always a more or less clearly-defined black 

 patch on the crown. Ears of moderate length and rather narrow, 

 brownish-gray behind ; muzzle dark and naked ; sub-orbital gland with 

 circular aperture. No knee-tufts, but supplementary hoofs are present. 

 Horns, present only in the males, average 3 inches in length, and are 

 straight, wide-set, non-divergent, and without rings. The male stands 22 

 inches at the shoulder, 23 inches at the croup ; the female h inch more. 

 Tail short. 



Grysbuck abounds at the present day throughout the South-Eastern 

 districts of the Cape Colony, though rare in Zululand, Natal, and Matabele- 

 2 K 



