A i G - O C E R - O S E Q U I N A ,
Sa (MaiamAlia. PIft.te 2.7 V ,
AIGOCEROS EQUINA.— D e sm a r e st .
M am m a lia .— P la t e XXVII.—M a l e .
A. corpore extremitatibusque sublactifloribus, humeris, dorso, natibus, artubusque exteme rubiginoso-
aurantio-tinctis; capitis lateribus, fasciei medio, pecforeque rubro-nigris; superciliis, fasci& ante
oculos, mento, regionibusque circa angulum oris et rhenarium albis; jubet flavo-alb& supernk brunneo-
rubr&, auranti&que marginatd. Oculis aurantio-brunneis.
L ongitudo ab vertice ad basin caudas 5 ped. 11 unc.; caudee 2 ped. 4£ unc.
Altitudo ad interscapulium 4 ped. 6 unc.; ad prynam 4 ped. 4^ unc.
Antilope osanne, Geoffr. Collect, du Mus.
Antilope equina, Id.—Tahaitsie of the Bechuannas.
C o lo u r ;— 1The body and extremities rusty cream-yellow; the shoulders,
back, buttocks, and outer surface of limbs darkened with rusty reddish-orange;
neck pale cream-yellow, with a strong greyish tin t; throat yellowish white;
the sides of the head, between the base of the horns and the angles of the
lower jaw, together with the middle portion of the face and breast, chocolate-
red ; the hairs of the face are chesnut-brown towards their roots. Belly dirty
white. Tail brownish red. The sides of the head under the ears, the eyebrows,
the anterior part of the lower jaw, the region around the angles of the
mouth, and throat adjoining the muzzle white; from the eyebrow the white
colour is prolonged obliquely downward for some inches towards the angle of
the mouth, and partially divides the dark colour of the cheek from that of
the face. The mane is yellowish white, and is margined with two darker
colours; the external one, which tinges the tips of the hairs is rich brownish
red; the inner one, which is less defined, is intermediate between orpiment
and huff orange. Ears, externally, pale fulvous, tipped with dark brown,
internally white. The inner surfaces of the thighs greyish white. The fore
legs anteriorly, for about six inches above the knee joints, are chocolate-red,
and a narrow stripe of the same colour descends from each knee to the pas-
tern-joint ; the true and the accessory hoofs are at their bases distinctly
edged with hair of the same colour, and the whole of the covering of each