RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Smith, Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, etc. CUL-DAR83.75. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 289.
Andrew Smith. 1838. Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope association for exploring Central Africa": together with a summary of African zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of species in that quarter of the globe. London.
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Sir An. Smith Illustrations of the Zoolog. of S. Africa Mammalia. - Catoblepas taurina [illeg] gorgon Male "Its neck is broader & animal generally stronger. - Horns are stronger & the mane & hair under the throat is more bushy
"The colours are nearly the same as those of the females, only deeper & of a brighter hue." The young have not the stripes.
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