64. THE WHITE-EARED KOB. 
COBUS LEUCOTIS (Liur. et Per). 
[PLATE XXXVIII.] 
Antilope leucotis, Licht. et Pet. MB. Ak. Berl. 1853, p. 164; iid. Abh. Ak. Berl. 1854, 
p- 96, pl. ii. (Sobat, Sennaar) ; Schweinf. Im Herzen v. Afr. i. pp. 213, 214, 
i. p. 533 (1874) (Bahr-el-Djur) ; Huet, Bull. Soc. Acclim. 1887, p. 38; Emin, 
Reise-brief., pp. 99, 226 (1888) ; id. Transl. pp. 101, 130, 228; Junker, Travels in 
Afr. p. 441 (1891). 
Kobus leucotis, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 239 (1862); Gray, Cat. Rum. 
B. M. p. 16 (1872) ; id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 87 (18738). 
Hydrotragus leucotis, Fitz. SB. Ak. Wien, lix. 1, p. 175 (1869). 
Cervicapra leucotis, Baker, Ismailia, 11. p. 531 (1874) (Shooli country). 
Cobus leucotis, Ward, Horn Meas. (1) p. 91 (1892), (2) p. 124 (1896) ; Lyd. Horns 
and Hoofs, p. 224 (1893). 
Adenota lechee, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (8) iv. p. 296 (1859) (Bahr-el-Gazal, Petherick) 
(nec ejusd. Knowsl. Men. 1850). 
Adenota leucotis, Heugl. Ant. u. Buff. N.O.-Afr. (N. Act. Leop. xxx. pt. ii.) pp. 12, 
13, pl. i. fig. 4 (head), 1863 (Sobat R.). 
Adenota kul et A. wuil, Heuglin, op. cit. pp. 12, 13(?). 
VernacuLtar Names :—Adjel of the Denkos; Kul and Wuil of the Djengs (Heuglin) ; 
Teel of the Shoolis (Baker) ; Kala of the Niam-Niams (Junker). 
Size smaller and form slenderer than in any of the species hitherto 
described (height at withers about 34-35 inches). General colour dark 
brownish fawn ; a large patch surrounding the eyes and ears, including the 
whole of the backs of the latter, another on the muzzle, chin, and upper 
throat, and the whole of the chest and belly pure white, strongly contrasting 
with the dark colour of the back. Front of legs blackish; a white ring 
round the pasterns, just above the hoofs. 
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