Published by R. H. Porter.

15. THE SASSABY.
DAMALISCUS LUNATUS (Burch.).
[PLATE X.]

Sasayby, Daniell, Afr. Sketch, pl. 18 (1820).

Antilope lunata, Burchell, Travels, ii. p. 334 (1824); id. List Quadr. pres. to B. M. p. 5 (1825) (Makkwarin R., Orange Free State); Fisch. Syn. Mamm. p. 642 (1830); Wagn. Schr. Säug. Supp. iv. p. 471 (1844), v. p. 446 (1855); Schinz, Syn. Mamm. ii. p. 444 (1845); Gieb. Säug. p. 298 (1859).

Damalis lunata, Ham. Sm. Griff. Cuv. An. K. iv. p. 352, plate (copied from Daniell), v. p. 364 (1827); Smuts, Enum. Mamm. Cap. p. 89 (1832); Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 233 (1846); id. List Ost. B. M. p. 59 (1847); id. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 140; id. Knowsl. Men. p. 21 (1850); id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 125 (1852); Gerr. Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 244 (1862); Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 180 (1869); Gray, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 45 (1872); id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 115 (1873); Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, ix.) p. 139 (1887); id. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (op. cit. xi.) p. 171 (1892); Nicolls & Egl. Sportsm. S. Afr. p. 33, pl. vi. fig. 19 (head) (1892).

Acronotus lunatus, A. Sm. S. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii. p. 222 (1834); Harr. Wild An. S. Afr. pl. viii. (1840); Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 157 (1843); id. List Ost. B. M. p. 59 (1847).

Bubalus lunatus, A. Sm. Ill. Zool. S. Afr. pl. xxxi. (animal) (1841).

Bubalis lunata, Sund. Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Hand-l. 1844, p. 209 (1846); id. ibid. Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. ii. p. 159; Reprint, p. 83 (1848); Temm. Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 195 (1853); Drummond, Large Game S. Afr. p. 426 (1875); Ward, Horn Meas. p. 66 (1892); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 202 (1893); Selous, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 1 (hybrid with B. caama).

Alcelaphus lunatus, Buckley, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 285 (distribution); Selous, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 764; id. Hunter’s Wanderings S. Afr. p. 225 (1881); Flow. & Gars. Cat. Ost. Coll. Surg. p. 273 (1884).

Vernacular Names:—Bastard Hartebeest of Cape colonists; Sassaybe (Tsess[=e]be) of Bechuanas, now Anglicized into Sassăby by sportsmen generally; Incolomo and Incomazan of Matabili; Inkweko of Masubias; Unchuru of Makubas; Inyundo of Makalakas; Luchu or Lechu of Masaras (Selous); Myunzi of Zulus (Rendall).