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PYGMY ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Pygmsea. A. cornibiis brevibus convexis basi rugosis. 



Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 191. 

 Bay Antelope, with strait short convex horns, wrinkled at the 



base. 



Cervus juvencus perpusillus. Seb. Mus. i. p. 70. t. 4.3./. 3. 

 Le Chevrotain de Guinee. Buff. 12. p. 315. pi. 43. f. 2. ff/iC 

 horns. J 



Royal Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i.p.^2. 



This beautiful and diminutive species appears 

 to have been frequently confounded with the iifo^- 

 chus pygmctiis^ or Pygmy Musk, which it resem- 

 bles in size as well as in colour and manners. It is 

 a native of the hottest parts of Africa, and is easily 

 tamed, but is of so tender a nature as not to ad- 

 mit of being brought in a living state into Europe. 

 So remarkable are its powers of activity in its na- 

 tive regions, that it is said to be able to leap over 

 a w^all of twelve feet high. Its colour is a bright 

 bay, paler beneath, and on the in sides of the 

 limbs ; and its height not more than nine inches. 

 The horns are strait, short, strong, sharp pointed, 

 smooth, and perfectly black. The legs are scarcely 

 thicker than a quill, and have been used for simi- 

 lar purposes with those of the Moschus Pygnu€us. 

 The female is said to be hornless. 



