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Oryx leucoryx, Sund. K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1842, p. 201 (1843) ; Gray, List Mamm. 
B.M. p. 156 (1843); id. Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xvii. p. 232 (1846); Sund. 
Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1844, p. 206 (form a et y) (1846) ; id. Horn- 
schuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. 11. p. 157; Reprint, p. 81 (1848); Gray, 
P. Z.8. 1850, p. 184; id. Knowsl. Men. p. 17 (1850); id. Cat. Ung. B. M. 
p. 107 (1852); Barth, Reise, 1. p. 589 (1850) (Asben, Centr. Afr.) ; Sel. P.Z.S. 
1863, p. 230 (gestation, 8 mths.); Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 177 (1869) ; 
Gray, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 36 (1872) ; id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 104 (1873) ; 
Sclater, P. Z.S. 1878, p. 604; Brehm, Thierl. ni. p. 231 (1880) ; Sclater, in 
Wolf’s Zool. Sketches, i. pl. xxii. (1861), 11. pl. xix. (1868) ; id. List Anim. 
Z.S8. (8) p. 138 (1883), (9) p. 158 (1896) ; Flow. & Gars. Cat. Coll. Surg. ii. p. 261 
(1884) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, ix.) p. 135 (1887) ; W. Sclater, 
Cat. Mamm. Cale. Mus. 11. p. 156 (1891) ; Flow. & Lyd. Mamm. p. 344 (1891) ; 
Ward, Horn Meas. (1) p. 148 (1892), (2) p. 188 (1896) ; Mockler-Ferryman, Up 
the Niger, p. 50 (1892) (Lokoja, Niger) ; Jent. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. 
Pays-Bas, xi.) p. 166 (1592); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 249 (1893) ; Matsch. 
SB. nat. Freund. 1893, p. 104; Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat. (7) iv. p. 131 (1896) ; 
Johnston, P. Z.S. 1898, p. 352; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. fase. iv. p. 955 (1898). 
Antilope ensicornis, Hempr. et Ehr. Symb. Phys. i. p.1 (sub Ant. leucoryge) (1882) ; 
Wagner, Schr. Sing. Suppl. iv. p. 479 (1844), v. p. 437 (1855) (var. 8. nubica 
and var. y. senegalensis) . 
Oryx ensicornis, Heugl. Ant. u. Buff. N.O.-Afr. (N. Act. Leop. xxx. pt. 2) p. 17 
(1863) ; id. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 113 (1877). 
Antilope (Oryx) bezoastica, H. Smith, Griff. An. K. iv. p. 191, v. p. 827 (1827). 
Oryx bezoarticus, Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 178 (1869). 
Vernacutar Names :—Toa or Tao of the Hebrews and Egyptians (Hamilton Smith) ; 
Abu-harb, of Sennaar and Kordofan Arabs (Licht.); Wahsch el Bager and 
Bager el Wddi of the Arabs (Heuglin) ; Lymbe and Aschamel of the Tuaregs 
(Barth.). 
Height at withers about 40 inches. Prevailing colour of the sides of the 
body yellowish or reddish white, often more or less dappled with blotches of 
pale brown; neck and shoulders above the base of the leg ruddy brown, this 
colour extending from the withers along the back and becoming diffused over 
the rump, thighs, and base of the tail. Head whitish, with a greyish-brown 
patch on the nose and on the forehead, the two united by an ill-defined 
brownish stripe; a stripe of the same hue extending a short distance above 
the eye and below it on to the middle of the cheek ; the hinder part of the 
cheek of the same reddish-brown colour as the neck; ears dirty white, 
the tips and rims not darkened. No distinct dark stripe along the throat, 
