AMTDLOPE ©WBEKD B 

 Cuvier's Gazelle. 



Antilope Ouvieri, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 34. 



The Antilope Cuvieri, says Mr. Ogilby, is closely allied to the Antilope Dorcas and 

 Ant. Arabica ; it most nearly resembles the latter in its colouring, but is readily distin- 

 guished by its much greater size: the ears of the Mogadore animal are moreover propor- 

 tionately larger, measuring in height about six inches and three quarters, or rather more. 

 Like A. Arabica, it has a black patch on the upper surface of the muzzle, and a black 

 line on either side of the face, extending forwards from the eye, and terminating above the 

 angle of the mouth: the dark band on the flanks is very broad, and of a deep brown colour, 

 inclining to black; there is also a distinct broadish black mark on each side of the rump; 

 the fore knees are furnished with distinct black tufts of hair. 



The specimen is a female, and has slender horns, about equal to the ears in length; 

 they are indistinctly lyrated, in fact, nearly straight, and exhibit eleven or twelve annulations, 

 four or five of which, at the base of the horn, are close together. 



Mr. Ogilby adds that he has observed specimens of the same species in the Paris Museum, 

 and that it was the intention of M. F. Cuvier to have described them; he should therefore 

 purpose that the name Cuvieri be used to distinguish the species. This animal was pro- 

 cured at Mogadore, by William Willshire, Esq., Corresponding Member, by whom it was 

 presented, whilst living, to the Society. 



The upper surface of the body of this antelope is fawn colour, the under surface white; a 

 patch upon the nose, a line from the eye to the angle of the mouth, a broad stripe along 

 the sides of the body, a mark on each side of the rump, the tail and the knee-tufts, black. 



Length of the head and body, forty-four inches; tail, seven. 



