August, 1897.
Genus II. ÆPYCEROS.
| Type. | |
| Æpyceros, Sund. Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 271 (1847) | Æ. melampus |
Size large. No anteorbital glands. Tail fairly long. False hoofs absent. Hind feet with glandular tufts of hair placed shortly above the hoofs.
Skull without supraorbital pits or anteorbital fossæ; lachrymal vacuities small.
Horns of male medium or rather long, broadly lyrate, half-ringed, slightly compressed. Female hornless.
Range of the Genus. Southern Africa, northwards to Angola on the west, and to the Southern Soudan on the east.
Of this genus we are at present prepared to recognize only two species—the Common Pallah of Southern and Eastern Africa (Æ. melampus) and that of Angola (Æ. petersi). The latter may be readily distinguished from the ordinary form by having a prominent blackish mark running down the upper surface of the muzzle.
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. XLVIII
