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recognize B. leucoprymnus as distinct from B. lichtensteini, though we fully 
admit the possibility of being obliged hereafter, by future evidence, to alter 
our opinion on this point. 
The main distinguishing feature of Lichtenstein’s Hartebeest is the short 
and thick basal portion of its horns, which induces us to place it in a section 
Fig. 6a. 
Skull of Bubalis lichtensteini, 3. 
(Brooke.) 
by itself, and which renders it easily recognizable from the seven preceding 
species of this genus. This character is well shown in the accompanying 
woodcuts (figs. 6a and66). Figure 6a, prepared under the superintendence 
of Sir Victor Brooke, shows the skull of a male of this species; fig. 64, 
p- 50 (which has been kindly lent to us by the Zoological Society of London) 
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