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through the Bharat. Domesticated breeds ot Cattle, Sheep, 
and Goats are shown in the North Hall. 
Allied to the Goats, but with shorter horns, are the three 
:specips of Tahr, Hemitragus (1099 to 1101 ), examples of which 
are shown in case 51. In case 52 is exhibited the so-called 
Rocky Mountain Goat, Oreamnus montanus ( 1114 ), one of the 
few mammals white at all times of the year ; the Serows, 
Capricovnis (1104 to 1106 ), and Gorals, Nemorliwdas ( 1110 ), 
of the Himalaya and other Oriental mountain-ranges ; lastly, 
the Takins, Biulorras (1 1 18 to 1120 ), of the Mishmi Hills, North 
of Assam, and (diina. The European Chamois, Ritpicapra 
tragus ( 1113 ), likewise claims a place in this group. 
The next group is that of the Antelopes and Gazelles, dis- 
tinguished by their light build, bright colours, and variously 
purved horns. They are found in their fullest development in 
Tropical Africa, more than three-fourths of the species being- 
restricted to that continent. 
Of the groups exhibited, the following may be noted : — 
Bushbucks or Harnessed Antelopes, Tragelaplius (West Cor- 
ridor, case IV), remarkable for the circumstance that the two 
sexes frequently differ strikingly in colour ; the Kudu {Strep>si- 
ceros kudu, 1206 ), one of the handsomest and largest Antelopes; 
the Lesser Kudu {S. imherhis); the Elands {Taurotragus, 1208 , 
1209 ) of Central, West, East, and South Africa ; and the 
Bongo [Boocercus, 1204 ). 
Related to the foregoing is the Indian Nilgai (Boselaphus 
tragocamelus, 1186 ), of which an adult is exhibited in Case IN. 
The Sable and Roan Antelopes {Hippotragus niger and 
11. equinus, 1 188 , 1 189 ) are placed in the West Corridor, as are 
also the Gemsbuck (^Oryx gazella, 1197 ) and the Beisa Oryx of 
Abyssinia ( 0. heisa). Gazelles ( Gazella) are shown in the Gallery 
(cases 54 to 56), as are the long-necked Gerenuk (Litlwcranius 
walleri), the Dibatag [Ammodorcas clarkei) of Somaliland, and 
the spiral-horned Indian Antelope or Blackbuck, Antilope 
reriicapra (case 56). 
Case 54 contains examples of the African Pala (^Epyceros 
melampus, 1 123 ), and also the Angolan Pala ( 1124 ). In case 56 
is the Saiga [Saiga tatarica, 1146 ), an aberrant Russian and 
Siberian species, with an elongated and tapir-like snout. Near 
[Cases 
[Cases 
54 to 57 
and West 
(i^orridor.] 
[Cases ' 
54^to 56.] 
