GNUS AND DUIKERS 



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Topi is tlie Somali name of an antelope intermediate 

 in size and ugliness between the wildebeest and the 

 liartel:)eest ; it lives in the Man Highlands. The skin of 

 the topi presents glossy purple reflections like the bloom 

 on a ripe plum. The curious curve of its horns both in 

 male and female is a most striking specific feature. 



A fluike 



The tojDi does not occur in large herds like the kongoni, 

 but twenty or thirty may herd together. 



Duikers or duikerboks are small animals {they weigh 

 about thirty pounds), and with one exception (the 

 Indian four-horned antelope) live in Africa, where they 

 are widely distributed, and exhibit endless variation. 

 Duikers, male and female, possess a pair of small straight 

 horns. Some of the sjjecies have a tuft of hair between 

 the horns, almost hiding them, and from this "head- 

 crest " the name of the genus, CeplinJo^^hu^, is derived : 



