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Sharpe's Steinbuck (Rhaphkeros sharpei). 



A new and interesting antelope, the skin of which was brought by Mr. 

 Alfred Sharpe from Nyasaland in 1896, seems, undoubtedly, to form a 

 curious link between the grysbuck and the steinbuck. This antelope, which 

 was procured by Mr. Sharpe from Southern Angoniland, British Central 

 Africa, was described by Mr. Oldfield Thomas at a meeting of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society (see P.Z.S., 1896) as a Rhaphkeros, with the white markings 

 of the grysbuck, but with the feet of the steinbuck. The bright red coat, 

 strongly grizzled with white hairs, certainly resembles very much that of 

 the grysbuck. H. A. Bryden. 



The Steinbuck {Rhaphkeros campestris typhus) 



Steinhok of the Boers ; Ingcina of the Zulus, Swazis, and Matabele ; 

 Puruhuru of the Bechuanas ; Ipulupudi of the Transvaal Basuto ; 

 Gai-ee of Masarwa Bushmen ; Ee-pen-nee of the Makalakas. 



This ubiquitous little antelope is almost as familiar an object as the 

 duiker ; it is graceful and slender in the extreme, with most delicate legs, 

 and bright, lustrous eyes. The colour of its fur is usually red-fawn on the 

 upper parts and white below and on the inner sides of the limbs, but a more 

 or less brown tint appears in some individuals, and silvery-gray in others. 

 Unlike the grysbuck these antelopes have no lateral hoofs, the muzzle is 

 naked, and the aperture of the sub-orbital gland is circular. The vertical 

 standing height is 22 inches to 23 inches. The horns, seldom over 4 

 inches in length, and only present in the males, rise vertically, well back 

 on the skull, and are straight, rather wide apart, and smooth ; ears and 

 tail of moderate length. There is always a well-defined black crescentic 

 mark on the crown. 



