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situtunga|sɪtʊˈtʌŋgə|
Also sitatunga.
[Swahili.]
A medium-sized brown or greyish antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, found in east and central Africa, and distinguished by elongated, splayed hooves that enable the animal to walk on marshy ground, and spiral horns in the male. Also attrib.
1881F. C. Selous Hunter's Wanderings Afr. x. 158 These men told me that in some thick beds of reeds near their town were some situtunga antelope. 1899[see harnessed ppl. a. 4]. 1920G. D. H. Carpenter Naturalist on Lake Victoria iv. 80 The thunderous snortings of hippos, the muffled bark of the Situtunga, break in. 1947L. Hastings Dragons are Extra viii. 191 The highly specialised sitatunga, lord of the swamps. 1949Cape Argus 11 Aug. 7/6 Lions in the swamp appeared to live on Situtunga bush buck. 1955P. A. Buxton Nat. Hist. Tsetse Flies vi. 144 On some uninhabited islands in Lake Victoria, Uganda, the sitatunga antelope (Limnotragus s. spekii) multiplies and with it G. palpalis. 1973Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. IX. 650/1 The sitatunga has coarse, shaggy hair. |