THE BUBAL 
BUBAL1S BOSELAPHUS 
T HE Bubal is now only found in the interior of Morocco, Algeria 
and Tunis, to the south of the Atlas Mountains. It is the 
smallest of all the hartebeests, standing little more than three 
and a half feet at the shoulder. It is of a uniform sandy red in 
colour, with a black tail tuft and horns which, first diverging 
slightly from one another, again converge and then curve 
backwards. Compared with other hartebeests, the horns of the Bubal 
are very small, only measuring from twelve to fourteen inches in 
length. Though once common in European menageries, the Bubal is 
one of the least-known in its wild state of all African antelopes. Large 
numbers are said to be killed by the Arabs every year for the sake of their 
meat and their skins, but I am not aware than any European sportsman 
has ever penetrated to the haunts of this species. In habits it no doubt 
closely resembles all other species of hartebeests. 
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