LICHTENSTEIN'S HARTEBEEST 



The Red or Cape Hartebeest is reddish-brown 

 in colour ; a black patch is present on the forehead, 

 and a stripe of the same colour extends from the 

 nostrils almost to the eyes on the front of the face. 

 From between the horns a narrow line of black runs 

 down the ridge of the neck to the shoulders; the 

 fronts of the fore-legs are blackish, which is more 

 pronounced on the upper parts to the knees; tail 

 covered with black hairs commencing near the root. 

 The average height of a male Cape Hartebeest at 

 the shoulders is 4 feet. 



The female is horned. 



LICHTENSTEIN'S HARTEBEEST 



(Bubalis' lichtensteint) 



Moff Hartebeest of the Transvaal Boers ; Vacca de Mate (JVood 

 Cow) of the Portuguese; Konze of Masubias; Inkulanondo 

 of Mashonas ; Kokotombwi of Barotse ; Konzi in Chilala 

 and Chibisa countries ; Konshi in the Chinyanja. 



Lichtenstein's Hartebeest inhabits the eastern part 

 of South Africa, north of the Nuanetsi and Sabi 

 Rivers of south-east Mashonaland, and up through 

 the Pungwe Valley to the Zambesi. Beyond this 

 river it extends up the eastern side of the continent 

 to the line of latitude of Zanzibar. North of Zanzi- 

 bar its place is taken by Coke's Hartebeest (Bubalis 

 cokei). Lichtenstein's Hartebeest was first brought 

 to notice by Dr. W. Peters who met with it in 

 Mozambique during his travels in 1 842 -48, and named 



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