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CERVINE ANTELOPE. 



Antllope Buballs. A. cornihus crassis lyrato-coiitortis rugosisy 

 apice directis, capite caiidaque elongatk. Lin. Syst, Nat, 

 Gmel. p. 1 88. 



Reddish-brown Antelope^ with large elongated head, thick, 

 strongly-wrinkled, lyrated horns, and longish tail. 



Buselaphus. Gesn. Quadr. 121. 



Vache de Barbaric. Mem. de V Acad. i. p. 20^. 



Le Bubale. Buf. 12. p. 294. pi. 3^,3^- ( the lioms ) and Suppl. 

 6. p. 133. pi. 14. 



Cervine Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i.p. ic2. 



This species is said to be common in Bar- 

 bary, and in all the northern parts of Africa. It 

 is also found, though less frequently, in many 

 other parts of that continent, and even extends as 

 far as the Cape of Good Hope. It is supposed to 

 have been the Bubalus of the ancients, instead 

 of the common Buffalo, as sometimes erroneously 

 imagined. In its general form it seems to par- 

 take of the stag and heifer, having a large head, 

 like that of an ox ; and a thick broad nose. The 

 height of the animal, when measured to the top of 

 the shoulders, is about four feet ; the general co- 

 lour a reddish brov/n, white about the rump, in- 

 sides of the limbs, and lower part of the belly : 

 the upper part of the fore legs is marked in front 

 by a dusky patch ; as is also the hind part of the 

 thighs ; and on the upper part of the back is a stripe 



* Meaning such as when viewed in front bear a greater or less 

 resemblance to the form of the ancient lyre. 



