MAMMALS 
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This animal holds its long tail straight np in the air when alarmed or when 
trotting, the tip of the tail only being bent tow'ards the neck. Length of 
tail, 13 inches. Length of horns shot by me: lOf inches, 10 inches, 
10 inches, 9| inches, 9 inches, 8| inches, etc. Females hornless. 
Colour of body, back, and sides purple-gray ; belly white ; tail dark brown ; 
legs rich fawn ; front of face rich fawn, followed by a white band on either 
side of face and round eyes ; chin and under lower jaw white ; cheek and 
neck dull fawn. 
The Gerenook, or Waller’s Gazelle {Lithocmnius walleri). 
Takes the place of Clarke’s gazelle in the West of Somaliland ; found every- 
where in the west where there is thick bush. Localities for this, the most 
difficult antelope to shoot in Somaliland, are : Lehello, Hargaisa, Abriordi 
Garodi, Daghatto and Sule Rivers in the Boorgha country. Bun Feroli, and 
along the north bank of the Webbi Shebeyli. 
Length from tip of nose to end of tail : 
Before skinning ... ... ... ... 5 feet 2 inches. 
Dressed skin ... ... ... ... 5 „ 64 „ 
Measurements of horns : 
Length on curve 
Circumference .., 
Tip to tip ... 
Other horns shot by me : length on curves, 12| inches, 12 inches, Ilf inches, 
11 inches, lOf inches, etc. 
Colour : back dark red, sides lighter, belly white ; tail short ; neck 
extremely long. Females hornless. 
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The Water Buck {Cobus ellipsiprymnus). 
Native name : halango. 
Found all along the north bank of the Webbi Shebeyli. 
Length of body, 42 inches ; height, 884 inches ; colour dark brown ; size 
of red deer ; length of horns, 20 inches ; small in comparison to those 
from South Africa. 
Grant’s Gazelle (Gazella granti). 
Ganana River. 
Horns of male curve backwards and then outwards ; horns of female nearly 
straight, and thinner ; a little smaller than a fallow buck ; colour light 
fawn. 
Horns : Male, 19| inches ; female, 12| inches (Rowland Ward). 
The Klipspringer {Oreotragus saltator). 
Found sparsely in the Gulis Range and in the rocky mountains of the 
Boorgha country. West Somaliland. 
Length : dressed skin (male) ... ... 3 feet 64 inches. 
‘green ’skin (female) ... ... 3 ,, 2 ,, 
Colour olive ; peculiar hollow hoofs and hollow bristly hair ; horns nearly 
straight. Length of horns, 4^ 3f, and 3| inches. Females hornless. 
* Very wide, usually about 44 inches. 
