THE ROYAL ANTELOPE 
NEOTRAGUS PYGMCEUS 
T HIS little antelope, the smallest of all ruminants, only stands 
ten inches at the shoulder. In general colour it is bright reddish 
fawn, with the chin and underparts pure white. The horns, 
which are only present in the male, are less than an inch in 
length, perfectly smooth, and very sharp -pointed. The gland 
pits in the skull below the eyes are very large, and lateral hoofs 
are wanting. 
This pigmy antelope is an inhabitant of the coastal regions of West 
Africa from Guinea to Fanti, and has been known to European naturalists 
for more than a hundred years; but the few skins and skulls of the species 
which have found their way to European museums would seem to have 
been obtained from the natives, and but little is known of its habits except 
that it lives in dense forest and jungle, and is very shy and retiring. 
BATES’ PIGMY ANTELOPE 
NEOTRAGUS BATESI 
This beautiful little antelope is an inhabitant of the Gameroons. Standing 
about sixteen inches at the shoulder, it is a good deal larger than the 
royal antelope, and darker in general colour. 
Living as it does in dense bush, but little is known of its habits, but 
these are probably identical with those of its nearest allies, the royal 
antelope of the jungles of West Africa and the sunis of East Africa. 
HARRISON’S PIGMY ANTELOPE 
NEOTRAGUS HARRISONI 
A skin and skull of this little antelope were brought from the Semliki 
forest in the Belgian Congo by Colonel J. J. Harrison in 1906. This 
species appears to differ very little from Bates’ pigmy antelope, and 
further investigation will probably show that intermediate races connecting 
these two closely allied forms inhabit the forest regions which lie between 
the Cameroons and Uganda. 
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