Genus IX. DORCOTRAGUS. 
Type. 
Dorcatragus, Noack, Zool. Anz. xvii. p. 202 (1894) . . . . . . OD. mMxgatoris. 
Size very small, smaller than in any Gazelle. Ears large. Tail short. 
False hoofs minute; horny part of main hoofs short, but the internal pad 
to the hoof broad and thick; position of limbs in standing almost as in 
Oreotragus. No Gazelline head-markings, but a dark lateral band present 
on the sides of the body. 
Skull broad and short. Nasals short and premaxille long, the structure 
in this region recalling that in Madoqua. Anteorbital region with a very 
small and shallow lacrymal fossa. Bulle large and inflated. Premolars 4 
the anterior very large. 
Horns short, straight or faintly curved forwards, not unlike those of 
faphiceros, and quite different from those of any true Gazelle. Female 
hornless. 
Range of the Genus. Restricted to Somaliland. 
One species only. 
