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Show 642 MR. BLANFORD ON ABYSSINIAN SPECIES OF HYRAX. [DeC 9, I. Dorsal streak black. a. Fur harsh, mottled; size moderate. 1. HYRAX ABYSSINICUS. H. habessinicus, Hemp. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. pl. 2. f. 2 (the smaller specimen only). Hab. Shores of Red Sea near Massowa and Annesley Bay. b. Fur soft, long ; size large. 2. H. CAPENSIS ? Euhyrax abyssinicus, Gray, xAnn. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4. vol. i. p. 47. Hab. Shoa, Southern Abyssinia. II. Dorsal streak yellow. a. Fur soft, variable in colour, but usually dark brownish grey or brown, and mottled. 3. H. BRUCEI. Ashkoko* of Bruce, Travels, vol. v. p. 139. Gike of Salt. Hyrax brucei and H. alpini, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, for 1868, ser. 4. vol. i. pp. 44, 45 ; Cat. Carn. M a m m . in Brit. Mus. 1869, p. 287. H. ferrugineus, II. irroratus, and H. irroratus var. luteogaster, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1869, ser. 4. vol. iii. p. 242; Cat. Carn. M a m m . Brit. Mus. 1869, p. 288. H. abyssinicus, auct. nee Hempr. et Ehr. Hab. Highlands of Tigre in northern Abyssinia, above 2000 feet. b. Fur harsh, yellowish brown ; size moderate. 4. H. DONGOLANUS. H. ruficeps vel dongolanus, Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. M a m m . t. 2. fig. 1. II. burtoni, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, ser. 4. vol. i. p. 43; Cat. Carn.'Mamm. in Brit. Mus. 1869, p. 285. Hab. Dongola (H. fy E.) ; Egypt (Burton). H. syriacus, Schreb. (H. sinaiticus, H. & E. and Gray), approaches II. dongolanus in colour, being dull isabelline with a large pale dorsal spot, but the fur is soft. It inhabits Palestine, Syria, and Northern Arabia. No species of Hyrax appears to have been as yet procured from Southern Arabia. * Ashkoko is Amharic, Gike Tigrai or Geez ; the former the language of South Abyssinia, Amhara and Shoa, the latter of Northern Abyssinia or Tigre. |