April 2, 1910.] 
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523 . 
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LIBERIAN ANIMAL SKINS. 
The following report, covering the fauna of 
Liberia and the country’s supply of hides, is 
furnished by Charge d’Affaires George W. Ellis, 
of Monrovia: 
“Liberia is separated from the forests of Old 
Calabar on the east by hundreds of miles of the 
deforested regions of the Gold Coast and Da¬ 
homey, and cut off on the west from the 
forested regions of Portuguese and French 
Guinea by the highlands of Futa Jalon, for 
which reasons, in addition to having animals 
characteristic of the West African Tropics, it 
has many animals peculiar to itself and which 
have not been noted elsewhere. Liberia is, 
therefore, a great natural resource for hides 
and skins. 
“Two forms of the hartbeest are found in 
Liberia, one of which has a satin mauve-brown 
coat, marked on the front and hind limbs with 
velvet black and elsewhere pale yellow. 
“The bovines are represented by two varie¬ 
ties, the red buffalo (Bubalus nanus), as found 
in the Kongo, and the smaller African buffalo 
(Bubalus planicoros), found also in Senegal and 
the regions of Lake Tchad. In Liberia the 
hides of these animals are obtained from dif¬ 
ferent sections. The red buffalo inhab’ts the 
thick forested regions of the hinterlands, while 
what is called the African buffalo ranges 
further inland upon the Mandingan Plateau. 
The Liberian red buffalo is of a yellow color, 
darkening on the front of the legs into a black¬ 
ish brown. 
“The cat family, from which very fine skins 
may be obtained, is represented by the follow¬ 
ing members thereof: The serval, a small ani¬ 
mal with a spotted fur; two forms of the celi- 
dogaster, one spotted gray, about the size of 
a fox, the other a beautiful golden copper color 
and not quite so large; the civet, commonly 
called the bush cat, of which there are 203 va¬ 
rieties, a small two-spotted animal, which on 
account of its musk gland at one time formed 
an important article in Liberian commerce; 
hyena skins may be secured, a spotted and a 
striped form, and it is said there is a third form 
in a much larger animal; but above them all in 
beauty are the splendid leopard skins, sought 
and prized by every Liberian visitor who sees one. 
“Beautiful skins may be obtained from two 
varieties of the antelope: The harnessed ante¬ 
lope, with its coat of long silver hair, beauti¬ 
fully striped and spotted with white; and the 
still more beautiful bongo, found across the 
country from Sierra Leone to the Cavalla, the 
eastern limits of Liberia. The skins of several 
forms of the duiker family may also be found in 
Liberia. There are three varieties of this ani¬ 
mal, with long head and long slender legs, of a 
light bay color. There are others, however, 
more pig-like in their form and resembling 
somewhat the chevrotains. Besides these 
Liberia has two forms peculiar to the country: 
The big jentinks duiker, about the size of a 
sheep, with white shoulders, and the small zebra 
antelope, about 16 inches high, orange, brown, 
or black, with white stripes and short horns, 
which is very common .in the country. The 
black duiker, the largest of the duikers, is also 
found here. Another is the yellow-backed 
duiker, the greater portion of whose body is a 
rich, glossy, dark brown with a reddish tinge 
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