TORA OR TETEL IIARTEBEEST 



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Frontlet and lloins of Toia Ilaitcbeest. Shot by Lieut. -Col. Hon. \V. Coke. 



TOEA or TETEL HARTEBEEST (Bubalis tora). 



Horn-pedicle of medium length, the horns themselves in the form 

 of an inverted bracket (' — , — '). Height at shoulder about 48 inches. 

 Colour uniformly pale tawny fulvous, with the exception of the tail-tuft 

 and chin, which are black. Although of the same uniform colour, this 

 species is easily distinguished from 7>. hoselaphiis by its superior size, 

 higher gait, and differently shaped horns. 



Distribution. — Upper Nubia, Northern Abyssinia and Kordofan. 



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