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98. THE RUFOUS GAZELLE. 
GAZELLA RUFINA, Tuos. 
Gazella rufina, Thos. P. Z. 8. 1894, p. 467 (fig., skull). 
Antilope levipes, Sund. K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 266 (1847), form «, ex Sennaar ; 
id. Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. ii. p. 262; Reprint, p. 82 (1848) ; 
Heuglin, Ant. u. Buff. N.O.-Afr. (N. Act. Leop. xxx. pt. 2) p. 6; id. Reise 
N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 100 (1877). 
Antilope leptoceros, Heugl. Ant. u. Buff. p. 7 (err.). 
Closely similar in all respects to G. rufifrons, but decidedly larger, the 
colour throughout particularly rich and brilliant. Light facial streaks not 
white but sandy, and little different to the general colour of the cheeks. In 
the single specimen known (a tanned skin), the hairs along the centre of the 
back and on the sides of the rump are peculiarly waved, but how far this 
may be due to the preparation of the skin we are unable to say. Knee- 
brushes dull rufous. 
Skull conspicuously larger and heavier than that of G. rujifrons. Ante- 
orbital fossee larger and deeper. Nasal opening shorter and broader in 
proportion to the general size, and the upper line of the premaxille more 
curved. Basal length of the type, an old male, (circa) 8-05 inches, greatest 
breadth 3°86, muzzle to orbit 4°9. 
Horns of male short and heavy, their curvature and proportional length 
about as in G. rufifrons ; those of the type are 11°6 inches in length on their 
anterior curve. 
Hab. Tnterior of Algeria (?). 
After his return from Algeria in 1894, Sir Edmund Loder, as we have 
already stated, placed the whole of his series of specimens of Gazelles from 
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