GAZELLA SPEKEI.
Published by R. H. Porter.
91. SPEKE’S GAZELLE.
GAZELLA SPEKEI, Blyth.
[PLATE LXI.]
Gazella, sp.?, Blyth, J. As. Soc. Beng. xxiv. p. 297 (1856).
“Gazella cuvieri, Blyth,” Speke, Rep. Zool. Coll. Somali, p. 8 (1860).
Gazella spekei, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Mus. As. Soc. p. 172 (1863); Blanf. Zool. Abyss. p. 261, pl. i. fig. 5 (horns) (1870); Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 543; Kohl, Ann. Mus. Wien, i. p. 77, pls. iii., iv. fig. 3, & v. fig. 1 (animal & skull) (1886); Thos. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 210; W. Scl. Cat. Mamm. Calc. Mus. ii. p. 158 (1891); Scl. P. Z. S. 1892, pp. 100 & 118; Swayne, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 306; Ward, Horn Meas. (1) p. 112 (1892), (2) p. 153 (1896); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 234 (1893); Swayne, Somaliland, p. 316 (fig., head) (1895); Hoyos, Aulihan, p. 179, pl. x. fig. 3 (1895); Elliot, Publ. Chicago Mus., Zool. i. p. 120 (1897); Scl. P. Z. S. 1897, p. 920 (fig., head).
Gazella, sp. inc., Lort Phillips, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 932.
Gazella naso, Scl. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 504, pl. li. (head); id. in James’s Unknown Horn of Africa, p. 268, pl. iii. (1888).
Vernacular Name:—Dhero of Somalis (Swayne).
Size slightly greater than in G. dorcas; height at withers 23–24 inches. Body pale brownish fawn, the light lateral band but little paler than the back, then dark or dull blackish, not sharply defined. Central facial band brownish fawn; top of muzzle, over nasal bones, with a distinct blackish patch, in front of which there is a peculiar swollen and corrugated cushion of skin raised up above the level of the face, and extensible at the pleasure of the animal. Dark cheek-band narrow, indistinct, the light band above it broad and extending to the muzzle. Ears long, narrow, pointed, their backs whitish fawn. Knee-tufts present, brownish fawn. Pygal band very indistinct.