K 0 B 'J S ■ E L L I P S I P R Y-M N O S.
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KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS.1
M ammalia.— P lates XXVIII. a nd XXIX.
K. flavo-griseus, aurantio-brunneo obscuratus; macula long! supra oculum, labiis, fascia gulari, ellipsique
prynali albis; comubus procurvis, annutatis; cauda flocosa.
Longitudo ab vertice ad basin caudas 5 ped. 6 unc.; caudee 20 unc.
Altitudo ad interscapulium 4 ped.; ad prynam 4 ped. 3 unc.
Aigoceros Ellipsiprymntjs, Offilby, Proceedings Zool. Society, 1833, page 47.
(Mah, Plate XXVIII.)
C o lo u r ._The chaffron, the forehead, the body, the tail, and the anterior extremities
above the knee-joints, and the hinder ones above the houghs intermediate
between yellowish-grey and ash-grey ; the tint in many places, particularly
on the back, much darkened and variegated with a dull orange coloured
or russet-brown. The grey is the predominating colour, being the tint of the
basal two-thirds of each hair, and the brown occurs at the tip of each hair, and
also in the form of one or more rings behind the brown points. The eyebrows
and a narrow space under each eye white, which colour is also observed on
the upper lip and on the parts immediately adjoining the hinder and lateral
edges of the muzzle. The sides of the neck and the throat immediately
behind the head are crossed by a narrow white stripe, which extends nearly
from ear to ear, and on the croup and nates, about four inches before the base
of the tail, there is a broad and well-defined white band in the form of an ellipse.
The sides of the head are yellowish-grey, which on the lower jaw is darkened
with orange-coloured brown; the latter colour at the points of the hairs as
already described. The outer surface of the ears and legs below the knees and
houghs bright orange-coloured brown. Ears internally dirty white. Eyes
yellowish-brown. The true and accessory hoofs liver-brown, the hair at their
base dirty white. Homs between yellowish and umber-hrown.
F orm , &c.—Figure rather robust and heavy ; limbs strong, but not inelegant.
Head rather long for its thickness, and gradually tapered from the
forehead, having the sides before the eyes convex. Muzzle heart-shaped,
the apex reaching the edge of the upper lip. Ears ovate, patulous and
* Characters of Kohut. Homs in the male only, long, pointed and slightly flexnous; muzzle moderately
developed, somewhat heart-shaped; no suborhital sinuses nor glands; stature large or rather large;
frame robust; hair harsh and long or rather long; tail reaching to about the houghs.