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Show 1903.] MAMMALS FROM THE SOUDAN. 295 in studying the mammals of this interesting region; and it is hoped that other officers will follow Capt. Dunn's example. The localities at which collections were made are mostly rather to the southward of Khartoum, the majority of them being in Kordofan, a province hitherto almost entirely unrepresented in our collections. Besides the earlier writings of Sundevall1 and Heuglin2 on the Mammals of this region, reference may be made to a paper by Mr. de Winton on a collection from Shendy3, to the north of Khartoum, to the same author's work1 in conjunction with the late Dr. J. Anderson on the Mammals of Egypt generally, and to a small paper5 of my own on Mr. Hawker's collection from the Fashoda region of the Nile. 1. R ousettus st r am ix e u s Geoff. 4. S • Khartoum. 15 August, 1902. 2. H ip po s id eru s c a f f er Sund. 65. $ . El Obeid, Kordofan. 22 October, 1902. H. caffer had already been recorded from this region by Temminck c. 3. M eg ad erm a froxs Geoff. 9. Wad Medina, Blue Nile. 21 September, 1902. 4. T a ph o zo u s perforatus Geoff. I , 2, 3. d $ $ . Khartoum. 28 June, 1902. 5. C a x is a x t h u s so u d a x ic u s , subsp. n. 60. $ . El Obeid. 2 October, 1902. (B.M. No. 3.2.8.8.) Type. 119. Habessa Wells, Wr. Kordofan. 7 December, 1902. The eastern representative of the Senegal C. anthus F. Cuv. Closely allied to the typical form, but paler and with markedly smaller teeth. General characters as in true C. anthus. Colour rather paler, a clear sandy buff. Hairs of back and of tail broadly tipped with black. Skull, as may be gathered from the measurements below, smaller and more delicate. Dimensions of the type :- Head and body 650 mm.; tail 230 ; hind foot (s. u.) 137 ; ear 80. Skull: basal length 136; zygomatic breadth 78; length of 1 " Om Professor J. Hedenborgs insamlingar af Daggdjur i Nordostra Africa," K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1842, p. 189. 2 Reise N.O.-Afrika, ii., 1877. 3 Nov. Zool. viii. p. 397 (1901). 4 Anderson & de Winton, ‘ Mamm. Egypt,' 1902. 5 Ann. Mag. N. H. (7) viii. p. 273 (1901). 6 Fide Anderson, ‘ Mamm. Egypt,' p. 102. |