131. THE LESSER KUDU.
STREPSICEROS IMBERBIS, Blyth.
[PLATE XCVII.]
Strepsiceros imberbis, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 55; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 441, 1884, p. 45, pl. iv., & p. 539; Lort Phillips, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 931; Huet, Bull. Soc. Acclim. (4) iv. p. 76 (1887); Hunter, in Willoughby’s E. Afr. p. 288 (1889); Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. xii. pp. 211–221 (1890); Flow & Lyd. Mamm. p. 348 (1891); Inverarity, Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. vi. p. 465, pl. (1891); Ward, Horn Meas. 1892, p. 163, 1896, p. 208; Jent. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, xi.) p. 172 (1892); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1892, pp. 102, 118; Swayne, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 302; Lugard, Rise E. Afr. Emp. i. p. 537 (1893); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 252 (1893); id. Royal Nat. Hist. ii. p. 274 (1894); Jackson, Big Game Shooting, i. p. 304 (1894); Matsch. Säug. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 137 (1895); Swayne, Somaliland, p. 303 (1895); Elliot, Publ. Chicago Mus., Zool. i. p. 134 (1897); Pousarg. Ann. Sci. Nat. iv. p. 81 (1897); Jackson, P. Z. S. 1897, p. 454; Ghika, Pays des Somalis, p. 182 (1898); Matsch. in Werther’s Die mittl. Hochländ. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 255 (1898); Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. ii. pt. 4, p. 961 (1898); De Winton, P. Z. S. 1898, p. 768; Inverarity, in Ward’s Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 451 (1899).
Strepsiceros kudu, Horsf. Cat. Mamm. E. I. Comp. p. 170 (1851) (part.).
Strepsiceros kudu, var., Gray, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 143; id. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) viii. p. 225 (1851); id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 133 (1852) (part.).
Strepsiceros tendal, Gray, Hand-l. Rum. p. 118 (1873) (nec Fischer).
Strepsiceros kudu abyssinicus, Fitz. SB. Ak. Wien, lix. p. 176 (1869).
Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Kirk, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 195; Brooke, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 470.
Dwarf Koodoo, Kirk, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 441.
Vernacular Names:—Arreh ♂, Adir ♀ (Elliot); Godir (Swayne and Ghika); Kungu of the Swaheli in B. E. Afr. (Jackson).
Adult male. Height at the withers about 40 inches. Prevailing colour in the body, head, and neck deep yellowish grey, blackish on the muzzle, cheek, inter-ramal area, and belly; upper lip and chin white, one or two white spots on the cheeks and a strongly defined