Of this genus, which contains some of the handsomest Antelopes in existence, we recognize three species, one of them (alas!) now extinct. The widely distributed Roan Antelope may be provisionally separated into four local subspecies, which require further elucidation.
- A. General colour greyish or pale brown. Horns not or but little longer than the head.
- a. Size smaller. Face without black markings. 110. H. leucophæus.
- b. Size larger. Face with strongly contrasted black and white markings. 111. H. equinus.
- a1. General colour greyish; ears shorter. (S. Africa.) Subsp. typica.
- b1. General colour pale rufous; ears shorter. (E. Africa.) Subsp. rufo-pallida.
- c1. General colour browner; ears longer. (N.E. Africa.) Subsp. bakeri.
- d1. General colour more fulvous; ears still longer. (W. Africa.) Subsp. gambiana.
- B. General colour black. Horns much longer than the head. 112. H. niger.
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. LXXVI.
Wolf del. J. Smit lith.
Hanhart imp.
The Blue-Buck, ♂ and ♀.
HIPPOTRAGUS LEUCOPHÆUS.
Published by R. H. Porter.