THE MAMMALS OF EGYPT. 
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OREOTRAGUS. 
OreotTa^us, A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii. ]834, p. 212. 
Size small. Horns directed nearly vertically, slightly curved forwards, their basal 
third ringed. Hoofs cylindrical, blunt; the animal walks upon Avhat is normally the 
])ointed tip of the hoofs in all other antelopes, so that the hoof stands up vertically 
and the pastern-joints are modified accordingly. Accessory hoofs present. Tail a 
mere stump, scarcely projecting beyond the fur. Skull peculiarly short and broad. 
Anteorbital fossce large. 
Mange. Eastern and Southern Africa, from Northern Abyssinian Hills to the Cape. 
Oreoteagus oreoteagus, Zirnm. (Plate LIX.) 
Antilope oreotragus, Zimm. Geogr. Gesch. iii. 1783, p. 269; Schreb. Saug. 1785, pi. cclix.; Riipp. 
Neue Wirb. Abyss., Mamm. 1835, p. 25 ; et aact. 
Nanotragiis oreotragus, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 642 ^ Flower & Lyclekker, Mamm. 1891, 
p. 339 j Lydekker, Homs and Hoofs, 1893, p. 219. 
Antilope saltatrix, Boddaert, Eleiieh. 1785, p. 141. 
Oreotragus saltatrix, Jard. Nat. Libr. (1) Mamm. iii. 1835, p. 221, pi. xxx.; Heugl. Ant. u. Biiff. 
N.O.-Afr. (N. Act. Leop. xxx. pt. 2) 1863, p. 9; Blank Geol. Zool. Abyss. 1870, p. 265; 
Heugl. Reise N.O.-Afr. ii. 1877, p. 104 ; Brelim, Thierl. iii. 1877, p. 262. 
Oreotragus saltator, Kirk, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 657 (Shire R.) ; Crawshay, loc. cit. 1890, 
p. 653 (Nyasa); Thomas, loc. cit. 1891, p. 211 (Somali); Jackson, Badm. Big-Game Shooting, 
i. 1894, pp. 285, 309 ; Rendall, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 361 ; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1896^ 
p. 303 (Suakin) ; Sclater & Thomas, Book of Antelopes, ii. 1896, p. 5, pi. xxv.; Kirby, in 
Great and Small Game of Afr. 1899, p. 235, pi. vi. fig. 8. 
Oreotragus oreotragus, Jentink, Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, xi.) 1892, p. 160 ; 
Matschie, Thierw. Ost-Afr., Saug. 1895, p. 122. 
Height about 20-22 inches. Fur long and of very peculiar texture, each hair being 
thick, flattened, wavy, and, in fact, quite unlike the hair of any other antelope, but 
more similar to that of the Musk-Deer. The general colour is a mixture of brown and 
greenish yellow, each hair being whitish for three-quarters of its length, then brown, 
and tipped with greenish yellow. Specimens vary very much in the vividness and 
tone of the yellow, which, especially in old males, is often exceedingly bright, even 
verging on orange, particularly along the flanks. Chin white ; throat grizzled brownish 
yellow; belly whitish. Back of ears grey, their edges black. Front and outer sides 
of lim.bs coloured like the back, inner sides white. Feet just above hoofs black. 
False hoofs large. Tail short and stumpy, coloured like the back. Horns wide apart. 
