CLASS I. MAMMALIA: 
ORDER 9. RUMINANTIA. 
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THE BUBALUS OR BEKKER-EL-WASH. 
tbunded with it ; its color, however, is deeper, in some parts becoming black, while the haunches 
are whitish. Its flesh has a high game flavor, and is much esteemed. It is found in Southern 
Africa, where it lives in large troops. Its speed rivals that of the horse. 
THE GNU. 
Genus COiSTNOCHETES : ConnocJioetes. — These animals have some resemblance to the ox .- the- 
muzzle is large and naked, the tail long and flowing ; the horns are present in both sexes,, and 
bend first downward and forward and then upward. The most noted species is the Gnu or Gnoo^ 
C. gmi — the Catohlepas of Pliny ; the Antilope Gnu of Linnceus. It has a formidable pair of 
horns, leading first downward and then upward, and has been called Horned Horse. It is 
about the size of a well-grown ass; the neck, body, and tail resemble those of a small harse ; the- 
pace is a species of hght gallop. A herd of Gnus, when seen at a distance flying over the plains, 
might be readily mistaken for a troop of the wild zebras or quaggas which inhabit the same local- 
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