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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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