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28/05/14 08:10 PM
Re: T W H Clarke, Somalialand and his collection

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Reminds me of Quorn Hall in Tassy John..a mate filmed all the trophy rooms there and showed me the vids and boy the old hunter had an enormous amount of heads too.
Dated mounts of course due to the basic t/dermy of the day but an historical record of a hunter from the early days.

Obituary here as an interest.


http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/26076401






Ammodorcas clarkei

Dibatag, Clarke's gazelle

Remarks

Dibatag is from dabu (Somali) tail and tag (Somali) erect, a reference to the position of the tail in flight. Ammos (Greek) sand, a sandy place; dorkas (Greek) a gazelle: a reference to its desert-like habitat. The first specimen was obtained by T.W.H. Clarke.

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Ammodorcas_clarkei.html



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