264 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



J. — Kobus kob thomasi. 



Kobus leucotis, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 103, neo LicJiten- 

 stein and Peters. 



Kobus kob, Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 91, 1892; Lugard, East 

 Africa, vol. i, p. 588, 1893 ; Jackson, Big Game Shooting {Bad- 

 minton Libr.) vol. i, p. 296, 1894 ; Scott-Elliot, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1895, p. 341 ; nee Antilope kob, Erxlehen. 



Adenota kob, Matschie, Sdugethiere Deutsch-Ostafriha, p. 126, 1895. 



Adenota koba, Matschie, o%j. cit. p. 147, 1895. 



Cobus thomasi, Sclater (ex Neumann), Proc. Zool. Soe. 1895, p. 868 ; 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 2, p. 128, 1896 ; Sclater and 

 Thomas, Booh of Antelojies, vol. ii. p. 181, pi. xxxix, 1896 ; 

 Bydehher, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 269, 1899 ; 

 JacTison, ibid. p. 289; Rothschild, Powell-Cotton's Trip through 

 Abyssinia, p. 467, 1902 ; Alexander, From Niger to Nile, vol. ii, 

 p. 392, 1907. 



Adenota thomasi, O. Neumann, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 193, SUzber. 

 Ges. nat. Freunde, 1900, p. 560 ; Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat., 

 Zool. ser. 7, vol. iv, p. 74, 1897 ; Cabrera, Cat. Met. Mam. Mus. 

 Madrid, p. 126, ] 912. 



Cobus coba thomasi, Lydeklcer, Game Animals of Africa, p. 211, 

 1908 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 205, 1910. 



Kobus cob thomasi, Roosevelt, African Game Trails, p. 487, 1910. 



Adenota kob thomasi. Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi, no. 7, 

 p. 11, 1913. 



Cobus (Adenota) thomasi, Revilliod, Verh. nat. Ges. Basle, vol. xxiv, 

 p. 210, 1913. 



Typical locality Berkeley Bay, A^ictoria Nyanza. 



Similar in general character and marking to typical koh, 

 but considerably larger — shoulder-height about 35^ inches — 

 and the markings more distinct, those of the legs being a 

 deeper black, light orbital region narrow and white above eye, 

 pale buff below. Horns short and slender, with long tips ; 

 iine specimens measuring from 20 to 24^ inches, with a girth, 

 usually, of from about 6 to 7| inches (occasionally 8| or 8^), 

 and a tip-to-tip interval of from 5 to IBt^ inches. In the 

 plate in The Book of Antelopes the white hoof-bands are not 

 shown. 



The range includes Kavirondo and the neighbouring 

 districts. 



94. 3. 14. 2. Body-skin. Berkeley Bay, Victoria 

 Nyanza; collected by E. Gedge, Esq. Pertains to same 

 animal as the type head (P.Z.S. 1895, p. 865, fig.), which 

 was then in Mr. Gedge's collection. 



Presented hy J. Eowlancl Ward, Esq., 1894. 



