24 'Jills SELOtS (JOLLfiCTlOif. 



GNU, OR WILDEBEEST. 



CoNXOCHiETES GNU. 



Bos gnou, Zimmermann, Spec. Zool. Geogr. p. 372, 1772; misspelt. 

 Antilope gnu, Gmelin, Linn.'a Syat. Nat. vol. i. p. 189, 1788. 

 Connochietes gnu, Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 119, 1852 j Ann. 



Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, toI. iv. p. 291, 1869; Cat. Euminants Brit. 



Mus. p. 43, 1872 ; Hand-List Euminants Brit. Mus. p. 113, 1878. 



In the members of this genus the horns are not united in a 

 common pedicle, being more as in the Buffalo with an expanded 

 basal region. A well-developed mane is present on the neck. The 

 South African Gnu is distinguished from the other members of 

 the genus by its white tail, short snout, large orbits, and the shape 

 of the horns, which in the adult curve forward and downward and 

 then upward and backwai-d. There is no marked shoulder hump, 

 but the hind quarters are very prominent. Height at shoulder 

 about 46 inches. Dorsal vertebrae fourteen in number. Good 

 horns measure from 23 to 26j inches on the front cm-ve. 



Best horn measurement (No. 19. 7. 15. 111} : — length over 

 curve 26f ; width of palm in straight line 7^ ; spread from tip to 



tipl4|. „ . . 



Type locality, Cape Colony ; formerly this species was widely 

 distributed over Africa south of the Limpopo, but is now practically 

 exterminated in the wild state. 



84-85 —19.7.15.109-110. May, 1895. Mahemfontein, Orange 



River Colony. 

 86 — 19. 7. 15. 111. Skull and horns. Caledon, Cape Colony. 



87-93 —19.7.15.112-117 (sexes not recorded). Horns. Orange 



River Colony. 



BlilNDLED GNU, oe BLUE WILDEBEEST. 



CONNOOHJETES TATJEINUS TAUEINUS. 



Antilope taurina, BuroheU, Travels in S. Africa, vol. ii. p. 278, 1824 ; 



List Quadr. presented to Brit. Mus. p. 7, 1825. 

 Catoblepas taurinus, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 369 



vol. V. p. 368, 1827. 

 Catoblepas goiyon, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 371, 



vol. V. p. 369, 1827. 

 Connochietes gorgon. Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 121, 1852. 

 Gorgon fasciatus. Gray, Cat. Euminants Brit. Mus. p. 43, 1872' Hand- 



List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 114, 1873. 



