22. THE NATAL DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSIS, A. Smith.
[PLATE XVI.]
Cephalophus natalensis, A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii. p. 217 (1834); id. III. Zool. S. Afr., Mamm. t. xxxii. (1841); Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 166 (1846); id. Knowsl. Men. p. 10 (1850); id. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 123; Turner, P. Z. S. 1850 p. 170; Gray, Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 85, pl. x. fig. 1 (skull) (1852); Gerr. Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 236 (1862); Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. p. 168 (1863); Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 166 (1869); Gray, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 598; id. Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 27 (1872); id. Hand-l. Rum. p. 96 (1873); Drummond, Large Game S. Afr. p. 391 (1875); Scl. List Anim. Z. S. (8) p. 146 (1883); Scl. f. Cat. Mamm. Calc. Mus. ii. p. 168 (1891); Jent. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, xi.) p. 162 (1892); Thos. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 419; Nicolls & Egl. Sportsm. S. Afr. p. 23, pl. i. fig. 2 (head) (1892); Ward, Horn Meas. p. 77 (1892); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 209 (1893).
Cephalophorus natalensis, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 163 (1843).
Sylvicapra natalensis, Sund. Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Hand-l. 1844, p. 190 (1846); id. Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. ii. p. 142; Reprint, p. 66 (1848).
Antilope (Cephalolophus) natalensis, Wagn. Schr. Säug. Supp. iv. p. 453 (1844), v. p. 426 (1855); Gieb. Säug. p. 321 (1859).
Vernacular Names:—Incumbi of Swazis and Mangule of Shangaans (Rendall); Roode-bok of Dutch.
Size rather small. Form slender. Colour bright rufous chestnut all over, without marks or stripes of any kind, except that there is a faintly marked red superciliary line. Back of neck greyish brown. Chin and throat whitish. Tail slender, rufous at base; brown, tipped with white, at its extremity.
Horns set parallel to nasal profile; those of male conical, much thickened at their bases; their greatest basal diameter going about three times into their length; length about 3 inches in an old specimen: those of female similar, but smaller and more sharply pointed, 1·5 inch in length.
Skull—frontal region roughened and convex; anteorbital fossæ of medium depth; edge of median posterior palatal notch but little anterior (about ¼ inch) to the lateral notches.
Dimensions:—♀. Height at withers 17 inches, length of ear 2·5, hind foot 7·6.