190 
Hoofs, p. 220 (1893); Lorenz, Ann. Mus. Wien, ix., Notizen, p. 60 (1894); 
Rendall, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 8360 (Transvaal). 
Calotragus capreolus, Temm. Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 191 (1858). 
Antilope lanata, Desmoul. Dict. Class. d’H. N.i. p. 445 (1822) ; Laurill. Dict. Univ. 
dH. N.i. p. 623 (1839). 
Antilope villosa, Burch. Trav. ii. p. 802 (1824) ; id. List of Mamm. pres. to B. M. p. 5 
(1825) (Swellendam, Nov. 19, 1814); H. Sm. Griff. An. K. iv. p. 241, v. p. 339 
(1827) ; Less. Compl. Buff. x. p. 290 (1886); Gerv. Dict. Sci. Nat. i. p. 262 
(1840) ; Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 177 (1842). 
Eleotragus villosus, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 165 (1843). 
Vernacutar Names :—Rhébok or Vaal Rhébok of Dutch and English Colonists; Peel 
of Bechuanas (Burchell and others) ; Iza of Zulus (Rendall). 
Height at withers about 29 or 30 inches. General form comparatively 
slender and delicate. Fur soft and woolly, though not very thick. Colour 
dull pale grey all over, the head and limbs tending rather towards fawn-colour. 
Ears very long and narrow, their backs grey. Throat and belly similar to and 
scarcely paler than the back; chin, however, with a distinct blackish patch. 
Lower part of limbs slightly and inconspicuously darker in front. Tail 
reaching to about the level of the groin, rather bushy; fawn-grey above near 
the body, white below and at the end. 
Horns slender, barely 24 inches in circumference at the base, strongly 
ringed on their lower half, smooth at the tips; rising nearly vertically, and 
slightly curving forwards. In length they ordinarily attain to about 8 or 
9 inches, though some of 114 inches have been recorded. 
Dimensions of an old male skull :—Basal length 7°35 inches, greatest 
breadth 8°95, muzzle to orbit 5. 
Female. Like the male, but hornless. 
Hab. 8S. Africa, south of the Zambesi. 
Closely allied to the Reedbucks, and, in fact, hardly differing from them 
in general structure, except in its nearly straight horns and the want of the 
naked patch beneath the ears, is the Vaal Rhébok of the South-African 
colonists, so named by the Dutch settlers from its fancied resemblance to the 
Roebuck of Europe (Capreolus caprea), and so called by Le Vaillant, 
Sparrman, and the older authors. Bechstein in 1799 appears to be the first 
