THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES. 
VOL. III. 
SuBFAMILY V. ANTILOPIN 4. 
General Characters.—Size medium or small. Muzzle hairy. Anteorbital 
glands variable, large in some genera, absent in others. ‘Tail generally short. 
Mamme 2 (4 in Saiga). 
Skull usually with supraorbital pits, lachrymal vacuities, and anteorbital 
fosse. Molars tall and narrow. 
Horns present in the male only, except in Antidorcas and in most of the 
species of Gazella. 
Range of Subfamily. South-eastern Europe, Western and Central Asia, 
Peninsula of India, and the whole of Africa. 
The greater part of this subfamily consists of the Gazelles and their allies, 
the Saiga, Chiru, Springbuck, Gerenuk, and Dibatag; and with these, by 
common consent, are included the Black-buck, the typical form of the whole 
group of Antelopes, and the Pallahs. We have also thought that the 
anomalous little Antelope known as the Beira would best be placed in this 
subfamily, near the Gazelles, in spite of the superficial resemblance it bears 
to certain members of the subfamily Meotragine. 
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