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On the Hub aline Antelope. 
[April, 
VI . — On the Bubctline Antelope . (Nobis.) By H. B. Hodgson, Esq, 
The Th&r of the Nipalese. Habitat Nepal. 
Specific Character .— Black and tan maned Antelope, (four teats in the female,) 
with short, conical, recurved, grooved, and annulated, horns. 
This remarkable species is entirely devoid of the characteristic elegance of the 
genus to which it belongs. It is a large, coarse, heavy, animal, with bristly, thin 
set hair, not unlike that of the buffalo ; and, as the female is distinguished by the 
singular (and, as far as I know l * * * , unheard of) circumstance, of having four teats, 
I propose to name it the Bubaline Antelope. The body is short and thick, with deep 
chest : the neck, short and straight : the head, coarse and spiritless, though not 
remarkably large : the eye, poor : the limbs, (for an antelope,) thick and short: 
and the hoofs, short and compact. The general form, proportions, and attitudes, 
the style and character of the ears, the hoofs, the hair, and, more especially, of 
the testicles and mane, belong rather to the goat than to the deer kind. 
So, likewise, do the manners of the animal ; which dispose it to solitude, and to 
mountainous situations. It is seldom found in herds, however small; and the 
grown males usually live entirely alone, except during the breeding season. Of all 
the deer or antelope genera of these hills, it is the most common. It tenants the 
central region, equidistant from the snows on one hand, and the plains of India on 
the other ; and though it be found every where within that central space, between 
the Sutlege west, and the Teesta, east, it is more frequent in the eastern tbtt J» 
the western half of the tract so defined, or, in Nepal proper. The female is scarce- 
1}’ distinguish able from the male, by her somewhat inferior size, smaller horns, sad 
rather paler colours, being in every other respect, precisely like him. 
J lr‘7 7 meaS T fr0m the tip ° f the " ose '» end of the tail fully 
f rt a nl ; T ° f ‘ hrce feet at the shoM »- I" U. ordinary quiescent 
2Xr a ? r , ? S , arePerfeC ‘ ly Up, ' igh,i ' tbe »“<*’ horizontal; the neck, 
]o : k in vain /or i,,e «»““* ^ 
seem ever readv i 7 .1 b per s,00 P In S hi »<l '‘mbs with which they 
tread at all ; yet the inZentTcharactlrs of "th^T" Wh , iCh '7 SCarCdy * PP “ r ] " 
antelope, as will be made apparent in the sequel a '' e ded ' y ‘ h ° Se ° 
smooth and polished. The rings are cWl * / -erminal one-third is perfectly 
bluut-edged ; and their continuity is broke, 5 , by a 3” ? Pr ° mi ° ent a 11 roun,i > ”” d 
gitudinal grooves, running from the b«*P 5 , serous series of irregular Ion- 
they cut, and eve!, higher In y o,,„a !„ "IT" ?’ “ S far “ the a ”™ iati »” s * h 
tips of the horns, whereas the annulation ™ 8 , r °° Ving extends nearly to the 
core of the horns reaches almost to their ex • near ^ t0 t ^ ieir bases. The 
The basal interval of the horns is from 
the divergency at the tips, very inconsiderable • t) ^ ^ ^ t0 five ' e, > htl,s: 
and well defined. The horns are quite rm,»H ’ i arcuatlon backwards, uniform 
and acute. * s * 10rt > as short almost as the ears, 
I believe the Deer and Antplnuo 
only two teats : but I have little personal ex^r 6 " 1 ^ 6 ^ *° afS and shee P in baling 
to refer to. If my supposition be correct T" 0 * of ‘be matter, and no good book 
link between the deer aud ox kinds. * 6 present s P ecies will form an interesting 
