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HARTEBEEST

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 32 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HARTEBEEST , the See also:

Boer name for a large See also:South See also:African See also:antelope (also known as caama) characterized by its red See also:colour, See also:long See also:face with naked muzzle and sharply angulated lyrate horns, which are See also:present in both sexes. This antelope is the Bubalis cama or Alcelaphus cama of naturalists; but the name hartebeest has been extended to include all the numerous members of the same genus, some of which are to be found in every See also:part of See also:Africa, while one or two extend into See also:Syria. Some of the See also:species of the allied genus Dama.liscus, such as See also:Hunter's antelope (D. hunteri), are also often called hartebeests.

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