THE ZANZIBAR ANTELOPE 
NEOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS 
U NTIL within the last few years the range of this beautiful 
little antelope was supposed to be confined to some small 
islands in Zanzibar Harbour and the coast districts of the 
adjoining mainland, though not on the island of Zanzibar 
itself. It is, however, now known to occur on the island of 
Mombasa and in the thick bush on the adjacent coast as 
well as in many forest regions of the interior, amongst others in the 
Kilimanjaro district, in the forest of the Kikuyu escarpment near Nairobi, 
in British East Africa, and on the lower slopes of Mount Kenia. 
The Zanzibar antelope stands from thirteen to fourteen inches at the 
shoulder, and is of a general reddish brown colour with white underparts. 
The tail is rather long, and the gland pits in the skull below the eyes are 
very large. The males alone carry horns, which sometimes attain a length 
of over three and a half inches, and are beautifully ringed from the base to 
within an inch of the tips. The ears in this species are very small and 
round, and, being entirely devoid of hair and very thin, they are trans- 
lucent when the animal is alive. 
I found these little antelopes very plentiful on the mainland of East 
Africa, opposite Mombasa Island. They live in the dense scrubby bush 
which grows all along the sea coast where it has not been cleared. They 
feed principally upon leaves and berries, but also eat grass, and are said to 
be independent of water. They could no doubt be easily shot in large 
numbers by organized driving, as the small bush antelopes are shot in 
Natal and the Gape Colony; but it is much more interesting to hunt for 
them single-handed, creeping noiselessly along the native paths which 
intersect the bush they frequent at early dawn and late in the evening. 
They are easily killed with small shot. They live singly or in pairs. 
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