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In 1847, in his excellent essay on the “Pecora,” the late Professor Carl 
J. Sundevall established an “ Antilope levipes,” basing it primarily on the 
figures of Geoffroy St.-Hilaire and Fr. Cuvier in the ‘ Histoire Naturelle des 
Mammiféres,’ of which we have already spoken. It is obvious, therefore, 
that Sundevall’s term ‘“Jevipes” is an absolute synonym of “rufifrons,” 
though he gives as his principal example a specimen from Sennaar in the 
Stockholm Museum. But, nevertheless, there would appear to be a closely 
allied species living in East Africa, which Heuglin, in his first work (‘ Anti- 
lopen und Biiffel’), referred to Antilope leptoceros, but which he subsequently 
in 1877 (‘Reise in Nordost-Afrika’) treated of under Sundevall’s name 
“ Antilope levipes.” Heuglin states that this Gazelle, of which the native 
name is “ Abu-el-Harabat,” is found in Nubia, Kordofan, Sennaar, and ‘Taka, 
as also near Suakin and on the plains of the Beni Amer, ascending toa 
height of about 1500 feet above the sea-level. Heuglin specially alludes to 
the want of knee-tufts in his Antilope levipes, which is the case also in 
Gazella rufifrons. What this East-African Antelope of Sundevall and 
Heuglin may be we are quite unable to decide, not having been able to 
examine Kast-African specimens. It is possible, however, that it may be 
Gazella rufina, which we shall presently speak of. 
Of the examples of this Gazelle formerly in the Knowsley Menagerie we 
have already written. The Zoological Society of London have also, on 
several occasions, received living examples of this species from the West 
Coast of Africa. ‘The first of these recorded of late years was purchased 
in August 1865, and the second, a female, in 1869. In June 1895 a female 
Gazella rufifrons was placed under the Society’s care by the Hon. W. 
Rothschild, F.Z.S., and is still living in the Gardens. In May of last year a 
fine living pair of this species were received by the Zoological Society from 
a London dealer and subsequently purchased. It is from this pair that the 
accompanying figures of both sexes of this beautiful Gazelle (Plate LX VII., 
have been prepared by Mr. Smit. These animals are still living in the 
Society's Gardens. They stand about 24 inches in height at the shoulder, 
the male being slightly the taller of the two. Both male and female have a 
slight blackish nose-spot, as shown in our figures. The knee-brushes are 
quite imperceptible in these three specimens, and the knees are perfectly 
smooth. 
May, 1898. 
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