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Genus III. CONNOCHETES. 
Type. 
Connochetes, Licht. Mag. nat. Freund. Berl. vi. p. 152 (1814) C. Gnu. 
Cemas, Oken, Lehrb. Naturgesch. iii. Zool. pt. ii. p. 727 (1816) . C. env. 
Catoblepas, Ham. Sm. Griff. Cuv. An. K. iv. p. 366 (sea) C, Gnu. 
Gorgon, Gray, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 139 . C. TAURINUS. 
Butragus, Bly. apud Gray, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 43 (1872) C. TAURINUS. 
Size large, form thick and clumsy; the withers not disproportionately 
higher than the rump ; head massive, with a broad and bristly muzzle ; face 
with a large median tuft of thick black hairs uniting the suborbital tufts ; 
nostrils widely separated, hairy within; neck maned; hoofs narrow ; tail 
with its tuft reaching nearly to the ground, long-haired throughout; mamme 
four. 
Colour grey, brown, or black, the long hairs of the dorsal and throat manes 
and of the tail generally black, sometimes white. 
Skull broad and heavy, not specially elongated; ends of premaxille 
expanded. 
Horns present in both sexes; thickened and expanded at their bases ; 
starting outwards or downwards for their proximal halves, their points 
abruptly curved upwards. 
Range of the Genus. South and East Africa. 
This genus, that of the curious and eccentric-looking animals known as 
Gnus, contains two very different sections, almost worthy of being considered 
distinct genera. One of these consists of two closely allied forms, the 
Brindled and White-maned Gnu, and the other of the White-tailed or 
“Common” Gnu, the most peculiar and specialized of all. ‘Their differences 
may be summarized as follows :— 
