476 Great and Small Game of Africa 



Okavango Rivers, I believe that large numbers of situtungas have been 

 killed and the species almost exterminated in those districts. These 

 antelopes must, however, still be plentiful on the Chobi and Upper 

 Zambesi, and so long as the vast reed-beds and papyrus swamps in those 

 districts remain in their present condition there is little fear of their 

 becoming extinct. F. C. Selous. 



In East Central Africa 



Chobi or Njobc of the Waganda, but as this name also includes the Cobits 

 thomasi, it is not a clear definition of the species. 



The male of this antelope varies from a rusty brown to mouse-colour. 

 The hair on each side of the neck and under the throat, near the chest, 

 is coarse and long. Whitish bands are noticeable on the flanks of the young 

 bucks, but these fade out entirely and become scarcely distinguishable on 

 the adult. 



The ears are prominent and rounded, appearing large for the size of 

 the head. The horns are strongly keeled, with whitish points. The full- 

 grown male, in size, equals that of the bushbuck ; some may be slightly 

 larger. The feet are characteristic, the cleft runs high, and the hoofs 

 are abnormally long with turned-up points. The females are rufous- 

 coloured, white under the bellies and inside the thighs, and spotted on the 

 flanks when young. These markings fade out similarly to the male's on 

 attaining maturity. In size the does are much smaller than the males, 

 and they are hornless. 



This antelope is essentially a water-loving animal, and is only found in 

 the marshy vicinity of rivers and the great swamp regions of Central 

 Africa. Apparently it ranges from the neighbourhood of the Zambesi to 

 the Albert Nyanza, and possibly still farther north, following the chain of 

 lakes which lie in the heart of the African continent. Living as it does 

 in the densest and most impenetrable swamps, nature has endowed it with 



