30 THE SELOTTS COLLECTION 



Subfamily OREOTRAGIN^. 



KLIPSPRINGEE. 



Oeeotbagus oheotbagus oeeotbaqus. 



Antilope meotragus, Zimmermami, Geogr. Gesohiohte, vol. iii. p. 269, 



1783. 

 Oreoiragus typicus, A. Smith, S. African Qua,rt. Jonrn. vol. ii. p. 212, 



1834. 

 Oreotragus oreoiragus, Jentink, Cat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. (Mug. Pays- 



Bas, vol. ix.) p. 131, 1887 ; Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mus. (ibid. vol. xi.) 



p. 160, 1892. 

 Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate 



Mamm. Brit. Mns. vol. ii. p. 126, 1914. 



Height at shoulder about 20 inches. The harsh pelage, com- 

 posed of coarse, flattened hairs, immediately distinguishes the 

 Klipspringer from all other African Antelopes. Horns in the 

 foi-m of short spikes. Skull short and very broad, -with well- 

 marked lachrymal depressions. Tail reduced to a small stump. 



The three heads in the Collection all have horns of about the 

 same size ; measurements of No. 19. 7. 15. 138 :— length 4| ; 

 circumference 2i ; spread from tip to tip 3|. 



Typical locality, Cape Colony ; range extends into Rhodesia as 

 far north as the Zambesi. 



113 —19. 7. 15. 138. August, 1889. Mazoe Eiver, Portuguese East 



Africa. 



114 —19. 7. 15. 139. 1885. Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. 



115 —19.7.15.140. 1887. Western Matabililand, Southern 



Rhodesia. 



Subfamily NEOTRAGIN^. 

 ORIBI. 



OUREBIA OTIEEBI. 



Antilope ourebi, Zimmermann, Geogr. Gesohiohte, vol. iii. p. 268, 1783. 



Antilope scoparia, Sohreber, Saugthiere, pi. oolxi., 1785. 



Ov/rebia scoparia, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii. p. 15, 



fig. 23, 1895. 

 Ourebia ourebi, quoted by Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 169, 



footnote, 1908 ; Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. 



Mus. vol. ii. p. 133, 1914. 



