Show ODD ANIMAL ON exhibition national museum at washington hai has a prize in its lt recently recent ac at ared gerenuk the national museum at wash ington lias has put on exhibition if mounted gerenuk this animal va secured in british east enst africa by the ilia smithsonian african expedition of 1909 10 und r the direction nf of colonel and U w the first of thin odd gaylle to bt b exhibited in the collection of clr museum in appearance the gerenuk is s a peculiar mammal resembling an delope and yet haring such a long neck and euch such long thin lega legs as to in cause the layman to behave believe it must bo be related to the giraffe Ilo weier it is a ga gackle gac elle lle scientifically termed the wallen or waller gazelle the body and beadie head like thoe of a gazelle but jtb begs and neck ic arc are greatly elongated lla its natural habitat is in british enst 1 at af rica in ili the ilia book life histories of 0 african gamp game Ani ammal msP isell by colonel roosevelt and edmund heller it ia is said this animal ie is uniTe really distrait di aed in the region north af f the tana river and through out Soma liland where it is ii yell well blown mown to every traveler |