Identifier: bookofantelopes22scla (
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The book of antelopesYear:
1894 (
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Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 Oldfield, Thomas, 1858-1929 Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899, ill Williams, Alpheus F., former owner. DSI National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSISubjects:
AntelopesPublisher:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:is better to recognize the twospecies as distinct. Dccanber, 1895. 59 Genus V. NEOTRAGUS. Type. Neotragus, H. Sm. GriflF. An. K. v. p. 349 (1827) N, pygm^us. Tragulus, Ogilb. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 138 (nee Pall.) N. PYGMiEus. Minyiragus, Glog. Naturg. p. 154 (1841) N. pygm^us. Spinigera, Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 178 (1842) N. pygm^us. Nanotragus, Sxind. Pecora^ K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1844, p. 191 (1846) . N. pygm^us. Size very small. No auricular glands nor accessory hoofs. Tail of medianlength. Skull with its muzzle unusually well ossified, so that there are no ante-orbital vacuities, nor extra vacuities in the maxillo-premaxillary suture.Anteorbital fossae very large. Nasal opening a vertical oblong, its sides notbowed outwards. Horns excessively small, their length less than the diameter of the orbit;laid right back on the sides of the crown in the direction of the facial profile. Distribution. West Africa. Only one species of this genus is known. l!i THE BOOK OF ANTE-LOPES,PL,XXIX.Text Appearing After Image:WolfJcl Sn:,t :,lh TVi e P. o V al An t el op e .)SEOTRAGUS PYGM:^US Ha-nh^it imp. 61 51. THE ROYAL ANTELOPE. NEOTRAGUS PYGM^US (Linn.).(PLATE XXIX.) Cervus pusillus guineensis, Seba, Thesaurus, i. p. 10, pi. xliii. fig. 3 (1734). Capra pygmcpa, Linn. Syst. Nat. (10) i. p. 69 (1758). Moschus pygmceus, Linn. Syst. Nat. (12) i. p. 92 (1766). Antilope pygmaa, Pall. Spic. Zool. xii. p. 18 (1777) ; Zimm. Spec. Zool. geogr. p. 540(1777); id. Geogr. Gesckii. p. 112(1780); Herm.Tabl.Affin. Anim. p.l07 (1783)GmeL Linn. S. N. i. p. 191 (1788); Kerr, Linn. An. K. p. 318 (1792) ; DonndZool. Beytr. i. p. 642 (1792) ; Link, Beytr. Nat. ii. p. 99 (1795) ; Bechst. AUgemUebers. vierf. Thiere, ii. p. 642 (1800) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. ii. pt. 2, p. 326 (1801)Desm. N. Diet. dH. N. (1) x. p. 251 (1803), xxiv. Tabl. p. 32 (1804); G. CuvDiet. Sci. Nat. ii. p. 241 (1804) ; G. risch. Zoogn. iii. p. 414 (1814) ; Afzel. NAct. Ups. vii. p. 220 (1815) ; Desm. N. Diet. dH. N. (2) ii. p. 192 (1816)Goldf. Schr. Saug. v.Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.