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cheek, inter-ramal area, and belly; upper lip and chin white, one or two 
white spots on the cheeks and a strongly defined V-shaped mark at the base 
of the muzzle between the eyes; ears whitish at the base and round the rim 
infront. Throat with a conspicuous white patch at its base and fore extremity. 
A narrow black stripe running along the nape of the neck from the occiput 
to the withers; a white stripe passing along back from the withers to the 
root of the tail. Sides of the body and hind-quarters marked with from 
11-14, sometimes confluent, white stripes, the first of these crossing the 
shoulder, the last very short and close to the root of the tail. Tail white 
beneath, black at the tip. Fore leg grey at the base, the rest of the limb a 
rich fawn-colour from above the knee to the hoofs, with a large white patch 
on the inner side at the base, white behind the knee, a black patch just 
above the knee on the inner side; cannon-bone blackish behind; pasterns 
black behind, marked with two, sometimes confluent, white spots in front. 
Hind leg on the inner side and front of the thighs down to the hock white, 
from the hock downwards bright fawn; front of the pastern and inner side 
of the fetlock white. A scanty but longish mane on the nape of the neck 
and withers, and a short but thick crest of hair running along the back. 
Hair on the sides of the neck and the throat very short, shorter than on the 
shoulders. 
_ Horns of the male less divergent and with the spiral curvature much closer 
and Jess open than in S. capensis, the ridge forming a nearly straight axial 
line; length in a straight line about two feet, round the curve about two feet 
sixinches. The skull of an adult male gives the following measurements :— 
Basal length 11°75 inches, orbit to muzzle 6°75, greatest width 4°20. 
Female. Like the male, but without horns, and smaller and slighter in 
build; without a mane on the neck; white marks on the head and throat 
less pronounced; head more uniformly fawn, and body of a rich reddish 
fawn only tinged with grey; neck duller than the body. 
Young male. Like the female, but assuming the grey coat of the adult 
before it reaches its full size. 
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Hab. Somaliland and the maritime district of British East Africa. 
The late Edward Blyth, well known for many years as the zealous Curator 
of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, was the first to point out 
that the Kudu had a smaller brother, which, though nearly allied, was 
