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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Horns of Bubaline Hartebeest. From Julius Jeppe's specimen. 



BUBALINE HARTEBEEST (Bubalis boselaphus). 



This species brings us to the great family of hollow-horned 

 ruminants, or Bovidcc, in which the horns are in the form of un- 

 branched hollow sheaths, which are never shed, and are supported on 

 bony cores. The hartebeests are large antelopes with naked muzzles, 

 abnormally long faces, doubly curved horns, small face-glands, large 

 valvular nostrils (of which the lower lids are covered with short hairs), 

 long, tufted tails, and large lateral hoofs. The present species is 

 the smallest of the group, standing only 43 inches at the shoulder. It 

 has a short pedicle supporting the horns, which are in the form of the 

 letter W, and the colour is uniform tawny, with the tail-tuft black. 

 Distribution. — Northern Africa (interior of Morocco, Algeria, and 

 Tunisia) and Arabia. 



Tip to Tip. Locality. 



9^ North Africa 



9J. Tunisia 



5J North Africa 



Owner. 



British Museum. 

 Col. Ralpli Vivian. 

 Juhus Jeppe. 

 Brilish Museum. 



