Another great black and white antelope drawing from the 1911 Encyclopedia. This waterbuck drawing shows a fine example of this sub-Saharan Africa native. The light colored stripe around the backside of the animal is not an error in the scan. It is a distinctive trait of the waterbuck antelope. On the common waterbuck (Cobus ellipsiprymnus), this marking is a hollow circle. On the defassa waterbuck (not pictured) it is white hair that creates this distinctive marking.
The waterbuck live in herds numbering 6 – 30 animals. As their name would imply, these animals live close to water. The waterbuck produces a smell that scientists have copied and turned into a tsetse-fly repellant. There’s absolutely nothing repellant about this waterbuck drawing. I think he would be a great choice even if you just used his head and stately horns in your project.
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