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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
During his explorations in British East Africa in 1893 
Chanler secured the type specimen of the species which 
now bears his name. The type specimen was shot on the 
slopes of the Jombene Range, northeast of Mount Kenia in 
the Tana River drainage area. Upon its arrival in London 
at Rowland Ward’s establishment, it was recognized as a 
new antelope and described by the Hon. Walter Rothschild 
before being sent to the United States National Museum. 
These delicate and graceful kinsfolk of the reedbuck 
were found among the stony hills and small mountains in 
many parts of East Africa. Usually we found the does and 
fawns in couples or small parties, and the bucks singly. 
They were shy and elusive, but not wary in the sense that 
the bigger antelopes were wary. They lived on the steep 
slopes, among rocks and bush, and fed on the grass, the hill 
plants, and the leaves and twig tops of certain of the 
shrubs, and if frightened fled in frantic haste to the thickest 
cover, on the roughest ground. When alarmed a buck will 
occasionally utter a sharp whistle to warn its companions. 
The East African race differs but little from the typical 
race of South Africa. It is distinguishable by its lighter 
and grayer color, showing little of the reddish tint seen in 
true fulvorufula; and also by the smaller body size and 
shorter horns. The dark streak on the snout which was 
used by the original describer as a character is a variable 
feature. In a series of twelve skins from British East 
Africa in the National Museum only six show a dark nose 
stripe, and in only two of these is it well marked. Oscar 
Neumann described the Abyssinian race as new in 1902, 
basing his difference principally upon the absence of the 
dark streak on the snout in his specimens from Lake Abaya, 
Abyssinia. This, however, has been shown to be a character 
of no value in chanleri . Specimens from Abyssinia examined 
at the British Museum showed no color or skull differences 
from British East African specimens by which they could be 
distinguished. 
