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differs decidedly by the longer premaxillary bones which 
reach to the nasals. The nasal bones are longer, and reach 
forward as far as the first upper premolar; their breadth is 
decidedly less than their length. The length of the narial 
chamber is much less and never exceeds the interorbital 
width of the skull as in the large-snouted species. 
Key to the Races of kirki 
Dorsal coloration very light buffy-drab without tawny suffusion 
minor 
Dorsal coloration darker, showing marked tawny suffusion 
Sides of body huffy, showing little contrast with the white 
under-parts 
Size small, length of hind foot 6^4 inches kirki 
Size large, length of hind foot 7^2 inches nyikce 
Sides of body bright tawny-ochraceous, in marked contrast to white 
under-parts 
Size small, skull length 4^2 inches; ear small, less than 3 inches 
in length hindei 
Size large, skull length 4%^ to 5 inches; ear large, more than 
3 inches in length cavendishi 
Typical Kirk Dikdik 
Rhynchotragus kirki kirki 
Neotragus kirkii Gunther, 1880, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 17; fig. head and skull. 
Range. —Coast district of Jubaland south at least as 
far as the Tana River. Occupies the northeastern limits 
of the range of the species. 
The typical race of Kirk dikdik was described by Doctor 
Gunther from specimens sent to the British Museum by 
Sir John Kirk, who obtained them from Brava, a port on 
the coast of Italian Somaliland a short distance north of the 
Juba River. Other specimens have been collected in the 
vicinity of Lamu near the mouth of the Tana River. This 
is the smallest race, the hind foot having a length from the 
