Hippotragus leucophaeus
Cape, South Africa · extinct c. 1800 ↗
Research notes ↗Two accounts · 1771–1804
“From a skin bought at Amsterdam, brought from the Cape of Good Hope; where they are found, but far up the country.”
Pennant, 1771, pp. 24–25
| Place | Cape of Good Hope · origin of the skin |
|---|---|
| Subject | Horns, coat, and specimen provenance |
| Language | English |
“I understood, however, that, a few months before we evacuated the Cape, a small herd of this beautiful animal had again made its appearance among the wooded hills behind Sweet Milk Valley” […]
Barrow, 1804, II, p. 47
Barrow reports information from an unnamed informant. The implied date is c. 1802–1803; the identification is unconfirmed.
| Place | Sweet Milk Valley · Cape, approximate locality |
|---|---|
| Subject | A reported herd and farmers hunting it |
| Language | English |
Thomas Pennant, 1771; John Barrow, 1804.
A description based on a skin bought at Amsterdam and brought from the Cape of Good Hope.
A reported herd near Sweet Milk Valley; Barrow does not claim to have seen it.