rufous-brown

Updated: May 6, 2025

Whilst wandering about, however, we chanced to see a number of negroes turn out and chase down an antelope. It was a very small rufous-brown animal, much about the size and shape of the Kakur deer of the Himalayas; but what struck me most was, the peculiarity of its having, unlike all hitherto known African species, four points of horns.

John Hanning Speke - What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile