222 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
GAZELLE, with its allies PETERS’S 
GAZELLE and THOMSON’S GAZELLE. 
The well-known DORCAS GAZELLE is 
an inhabitant of Morocco and Algeria, 
ranging through Egypt into Palestine 
and Syria; the MARICA GAZELLE, the 
MuscaAT GAZELLE, and the ARABIAN 
shai GAZELLE inhabit the deserts of Arabia; 
= = "4 ; ro the EDMI GAZELLE is found in the 
oo mountain-ranges of Morocco, Algeria, 
and Tunis; while LODER’S GAZELLE 
inhabits the sandy tracts of the interior 
of Algeria and Tunis. In Asia, besides 
the four species of gazelle already 
enumerated in which the females are 
hornless, one other member of the 
SPEKE'S GAZELLE group is met with. This is the INDIAN 
GAZELLE, a species very closely allied 
to the Arabian form. 
Of the whole genus GRANT’S GAZELLE is the most beautiful. This handsome animal, which 
was first discovered by the explorers Speke and Grant in 1860, is an inhabitant of Eastern 
Africa, from the neighbourhood of Lake Rudolph southwards to Ugogo. In size the average 
height at the shoulder of males of this species is about 34 inches. The coat is close and 
short and of a general fawn colour, the rump and belly pure white, and the face marked with 
a rufous band from the horns to the nose and with streaks of white on each side. The upper 
surface of the tail is white, with a black and tufted tip. The horns, which are very elegant 
in shape, being first curved slightly forwards and then backwards, are much longer and more 
powerful than in any other gazelle, and attain a length of 30 inches in the males and 17 inches 
in the females. 
Grant’s gazelles, though they undoubtedly find their most congenial home in open 
country, have also been met with by recent travellers in bush-sprinkled wastes and stony, 
rugged hills. They are, however, never found in dense jungles or high mountains. They live 
in herds of from half a dozen to twenty or thirty individuals, though in certain localities as 
many as 200 have been seen together. They — 
are fond of consorting with other game, such as or 
Burchell’s and Grevy’s zebras, Coke’s hartebeest, 
and the beisa oryx, and are often met with at 
long distances from the nearest water. They 
are keen-sighted and wary, and from the opén 
character of the country in which they are 
usually encountered are often difficult to stalk. 
When in good condition, the meat of this gazelle 
is said to be excellent. 
The nearest ally of the true gazelles is 
undoubtedly the SPRINGBUCK of South Africa. 
Owing to the protection which it has received 
of late years, this graceful antelope is now a 
common animal in many parts of South Africa, 
and in the north-western portions of the Cape Plots WP, Dawdil 
Colony still sometimes collects into prodigious 
herds, which travel through the country in dense 
masses, destroying every vestige of grass on the Seen in great numbers in the Bayada Desert 
sone 
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Photo by L, Medland, F.Z.S.} ‘inchley 
Found in the interior of Northern Somaliland 
GAZELLES FROM EGYPT 
