Cemas kevella, Oken, Lehrb. Nat. iii. pt. 2, p. 738 (1816).
Gazella kevella, Jard. Nat. Misc. (1) vii. p. 208, pl. xxvi. (1842).
La Corine, Buff. Hist. Nat. xii. p. 261, pl. xxvii. (1764), whence
Antilope corinna, Pall. Misc. Zool. p. 7 (1766); Erxl. Syst. R. A. p. 291 (1777); Zimm. Geogr. Gesch. ii. p. 118 (1780); Schreb. Säug. pl. cclxxi. (1785); Bodd. Elench. Anim. p. 143 (1785); Gmel. Linn. S. N. i. p. 188 (1788); Kerr, Linn. An. K. p. 313 (1792); Link, Beytr. Nat. ii. p. 99 (1795); Bechst. Uebers. vierf. Thierr. ii. p. 645 (1800); Desm. N. Dict. d’H. N. (1) vi. p. 219 (1803), xxiv. Tabl. p. 33 (1804); G. Fisch. Zoogn. iii. p. 430 (1814); Desm. N. Dict. d’H. N. (2) ii. p. 184 (1816); Goldf. Schr. Säug. v. p. 1193 (1818); H. Sm. Griff. An. K. iv. p. 214, v. p. 333 (1827).
Cerophorus (Gazella) corinna, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 75.
Cemas maculata, Oken, Lehrb. Nat. iii. pt. 2, p. 738 (1816).
Gazella dorcas sundevalli, Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 159 (1869).
Vernacular Names:—Rhozal or Hemar of Arabs of Algeria (Pease); Ghasala of Arabs (Tristram).
Size small; height at withers 21–22 inches. General colour pale fawn, rather variable in tone. Facial markings distinct; central band rufous fawn; streaks from eye to mouth brownish fawn, contrasting with the white bands between them. Ears long, whitish fawn behind. Light lateral band present, but not strongly marked; dark lateral band brown, considerably darker than the back, but not black. Pygal band indistinct. Knee-tufts present.
Skull rather lightly built; nasals narrow; anteorbital fossæ large and deep. Basal length 6·6 inches, greatest breadth 3·35, muzzle to orbit 3·55.