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FeCONIMERS DIK-DIK 
MADOQUA GUENTHERI, Tuos. 
[PLATE XXXI. Fie. 1.] 
Neotragus, sp., Lort Phillips, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 932 (Somali plateau). 
Neotragus kirkii, Sel. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 504; id. in James, Unknown Horn of Africa, 
p- 269 (1888). 
Madoqua guentheri, Thos. P. Z.S. 1894, p. 824 (figs. of skull) (Ogaden) ; Hoyos, Zu 
den Aulihan, p. 185 (1895) ; Swayne, Somaliland, p. 318 (1895). 
Vernacutak Name :—Gussuli of Somalis (Swayne). 
Size of M. kirki. Proboscis much more elongated. General colour 
coarsely grizzled greyish fawn, very much as in Kilimanjaro examples of 
M. kirki. No rufous on the sides, and that on the limbs very dull. Crest 
much mixed with black. Backs of ears greyish fawn. 
Skull with the nasals even more shortened than in UM. kirki, and the 
muzzle even longer and slenderer. In fact the whole appearance of the skull 
shows that the proboscis is much more developed than in any other member of 
the group. Front of the nasals only about level with the back of the middle 
premolar. Premaxille short, not nearly reaching the nasals. Basal length 
(male) 3-6 inches, greatest breadth 2°08, muzzle to orbit 2°04, tip of nasals to 
tip of premaxille 1°56. 
Horns slender, those of the only adult Somali male we have seen—that 
presented to the British Museum by Mr. Bonham Christie—longer than 
usual, just over 34 inches. 
Hab. Plateau of Central Somaliland. 
Ginther’s Dik-dik, as Thomas has named this species, after the distin- 
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