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***** No tear-bag nor glandular streak on the face, and the 
muffle large and moist; crown smooth. 
16. Nanotragus, Sundev.; Neotragus, part H. Smith. 
Horns very short, conical; legs slender; tail subpectinate; hoofs 
small, triangular, false hoofs none; crown not crested; ears small, 
rounded. 
1. Nanotragus perpusillus. The Royal Antelope. 
Fulvous ; throat, belly and edge of thighs and tip of tail white. 
Capra perpusilla, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fred. i. 12.— Moschus pygmeus, 
Linn. S. N. (ed. 12) 92.— Antilope pygmea, Pallas, Spic. Zool. xii. 18; 
Cuv. D. S. N. ii. 241; FI. Smith.— A. regia , Erxleben, 278.— A. spi- 
niger , Temm. Monog.— Nanotragus regius, Gray, Knowsley Menag. 
12.— Royal Antelope , Penn. 
Inhabits W. Africa ; Guinea. Brit. Mus. 
The smallest-hoofed animal. The feet were formerly often used 
as tobacco-stoppers, and are figured mounted by Seba, t. 43. f . a, b ; 
Buffon, H. N. xii. t. 42, 43. 
17. Eleotragus, Gray ; Redunca , IF. Smith ; Cervicapra, 
Blainv., Sundev.; Nagor, Laur.; Sylvicapra, Ogilby. 
Horns conical, bent back and then forward at the top ; hoofs and 
false hoofs rather large; tear-bag none; teats four; inguinal pores 
distinct. 
•f Horns erect, slender, and face narrow; nose swollen; muffle large, 
extended far behind the nostrils; fur woolly hair. Pelea. 
S. Africa. 
1. Eleotragus Capreolus. The Rehbock or Peele. 
« Temple-spot none ; head slender, compressed ; horns erect, scarcely 
diverging, very slender ; fur short, woolly, grey brown ; back redder ; 
throat and beneath white ; end of nose and chin blackish ; feet darker. 
Antilope Capreolus, Thunb.; Afzelius, N. Act.Upsal.vii.251.1818; 
Licht. Saugth. t. 8; Harris, W. A. A. t. 25. f. 1.— A. villosa, Burcliell, 
1822; H. Smith.— A. lanata, Desmoul.— Eleotragus Capreolus, Gray, 
Knowsley Menag. t. 12. from life. 
Inhabits S. Africa. Brit. Mus. Knowsley, living. 
■f"t Horns diverging, thick, conical; head broad; nose not swollen. 
* Muffle large, extended far behind nostrils; fur grisled, harsh, 
straight, with a subterminal pale band, and often whorled; 
a naked spot on the temple. South Africa. 
2. Eleotragus arundtnaceus. The Inghalla or Reit Bock. 
Head broad; temple-spot naked; horns diverging, conical, taper¬ 
ing. Brown, yellow grisled; hair pale brown, with a subterminal 
yellow band; cheeks and neck yellower; base of ears, chest, belly 
and insides of the legs and under side of bushy tail white ; front of 
legs black. 
