NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



Head and neck are yellow with a reddish tinge ; the 

 ears are tipped with black and pointed ; tail with a 

 black stripe on the upper side, the tip' and lower 

 part white. A black line is present round the 

 buttocks, and a tuft of black hair adorns each hind- 

 leg over the fetlocks. In this tuft of hair is a gland 

 which manufactures a fatty substance. 



An adult male stands 3 feet at the shoulder. 

 The female is about 4 inches lower and is hornless. 

 Weight of an adult male 135 to 160 lbs. 



Local Races 



There are two local races or sub-species of 

 Impalas, viz. the Nyassa race {Aefyceros melampus 

 johnstoni) which does not occur within our limits, 

 and the Angola race {Aefyceros melampus petersi}. 

 The latter inhabits Angola on the western side of 

 Africa, and having been discovered south of the 

 Cunene River it is included in the list of South 

 African fauna. 



It was made a separate species, and recognised as 

 such by authors in the past. 



It is similar to the typical Impala of South Africa 

 with the exception that the front of the face, 

 exactly in the centre, from the nostrils to the line 

 of the eyes, is marked with a purplish-black streak. 

 This difference does not justify us in making a 

 new species of it. In the 1914 edition of Records 

 of Big Game it is distinguished as a local race 

 only. 



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