GERENUK OR WALLER'S GAZELLE 



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Head of Male Gerenuk, from a specimen sliot by II.R.Ii. le Due d'Orleans. 



GERENUK or WALLER'S GAZELLE (Lithocranius walleri). 

 Somali name, Gerenuk. Danakil name, Gmian Godtt. 



Even more aberrant than the last is the gerenuk, in which the 

 elongation of the neck attains its supreme development, while the 

 slender legs are lengthened in proportion. Horns are wanting in the 

 females, and those of the males curve forwards at the tips, where the 

 ridges stop, in a peculiarly characteristic manner. The general colour 

 of the upper parts is a deep rufous fawn, but down the middle of the 

 back runs a broad dark -brown band, nearly eight inches in width. 

 The skull is characterised by its dense and solid structure, as well as 

 by its straightness, the shortness of the facial portion, and the very 

 small size of the cheek-teeth. -■ Height at shoulder, 41 inches ; weight, 

 1 1 5 lbs. (T. W. H. Clarke). 



This curious antelope, which was first described by the late Sir V. 



