TOPI 



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Head of Topi. Fiom a specimen shot lij- A. U. Neumann. 



TOPI (Damaliscus corrigum jimela). 



The southern representation of the last, distinguished by its still 

 smaller size (height at shoulder, 43-44 inches), shorter and more 

 slender horns, and the somewhat brindled appearance of the coat, due 

 to patches of longer hairs on the otherwise short fur. General colour 

 a peculiar purple-brown, with the dark markings less defined and less 

 black than in D. corrignin typkus. Weight about 250 lbs. 

 Distribution. — British East Africa from the Juba to the Sabuki River, 

 and thence to Uganda and Uniamwezi. 



