357 



tVith hooked Horns, 



GNOU* 



Antilope Gnu. A, cornibus bast antrorsumj versus medium re* 

 trorsum versis, corpore ferrugineo, cervice jubata, cauda ex dlbo 

 cinerea. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel.p, 189. 



Ferruginous-brown Antelope, with maned neck, whitish tail, 

 and horns directed forwards, and then suddenly backwards. 



Bos Gnou. Zimmerm. Journ. Histor.p. 53. 



Le Gnou ou Niou. Buff. Suppl. 6.p, Sg.pl. 8, 9, 



Gnou Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 70. 



The Gnou, or Ox -headed Antelope, is readily 

 distinguished by the remarkable form of its horns, 

 which are nearly smooth, very strong, pointed, 

 projecting forwards to some distance from the 

 base, and then pretty suddenly reverting upwards. 

 It is a large species, equalling, or exceeding, 

 when full grown, the size of a stag % and is of a 

 dull rufous -brown colour, with very long black 

 hairs hanging from the breast : the chin and 

 throat are also strongly bearded, and along the 

 top of the neck to some distance down the back 

 runs a very strong and somewhat upright mane 

 of ash-coloured hair : the head is very large, the 

 mouth square, the lips covered with short stiff 

 bristles, and from the nose up the forehead runs a 



* One brought over to Holland, and described by Mr. Alia- 

 mand, was about three feet and a half long, from the forehead to 

 the tail j but it grows to a far larger size, being generally equal or 

 superior to a large Stag. 



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