10 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



The local races are distinguished as follows : — 



A. A light rump-patch, but no dark faoe-blaze. 



a. Horns distinctly bracket-shaped, and forming 



an obtuse angle at bend, with divergent 



tips -B. t. tora. 



b. Horns intermediate between a and c, with 



tips directed straight backwards B. t. digglei. 



c. Horns less distinctly bracket-shaped, and 



forming nearly a right angle at bend, with 



convergent tips B.t. rahatensis. 



B. No light rump-patch, but a dark face-blaze. 



a. Horns directed forwards and then inwards ; 



general colour deep ruf ou s B. t. swaynei. 



b. Horns intermediate between those of tora and 



siuaynei ; general colour deeper rufous ... B.t. noacki. 



The range includes Abyssinia and Somaliland. 



A.— Bubalis tora tora. 



Bubalis tora tj^pica, LydelcJicr, Oreat and Small Game of Africa, 



p. 133, 1899. 

 Bubalis tora tora, Bothsehild, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. 12, 



p. 576, 1913. 



Typical locality Abyssinia. 



Horns distinctly bracket-shaped, with but slight inward 

 inclination, and forming (in a front view) an obtuse angle 

 ut the bend, after which the direction of the tips is out- 

 wards ; general colour palish fulyous with rufous chin ; a 

 light rump-patch ; limbs also light except front of fore-legs. 

 Skull relatively slender and light ; basal length 15|, and 

 ma.ximum width 5f inches. Fine horns measure from 20 to 

 -2^ along front curve, with a girth of from 9 to 10, and a 

 tip-to-tip interval of from 10 to just over 22 inches. 



73. 8. 29. 1. Skin, mounted, with skull (figured in 

 Gray's Hand-List, pi. xli) in head. Dembelas, Abyssinia. 

 Co-type. Purchased, 1873. 



73. 8. 29. 2. Skin, mounted, female, with skull (figured 

 1 )y Gray, loc. cit.) in head. Dembelas. Co-type. Same history. 



13. 11. 13. 1. Head, mounted. Binder Valley, White 

 Nile ; collected by Capt. M. E. T. Gunthorpe. 



Presented by Col. E. J. Gimthorpe, 1913. 



13. 11. 13. 2. Head, mounted, female. Same locality 

 and collector. Same history. 



