kurrichane

Updated: July 29, 2025

Its skin is jet black; and it is this colour reflected through the ashy-grey hair that gives the animal that purplish or blue tint, whence it derives its name. It is found in small troops on the plains north of Kurrichane; and when wounded, or in the rutting season, the males are dangerous creatures.

Mayne Reid - Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys