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which is different as well from the northern H . yalecita as from the south-eastern H . /- 

 ricce-uiixtnili* (type-locality etc., Querimba). It is also possible that H. galeata atuh'ujn/i 

 is the Porcupine of the Mem mountain which has happened to come across to Kiliman- 

 djaro in one specimen. 



Prof. SJOSTEDT found a quill of a porcupine 26 /i 1906 in the rain forest on Meru in 

 an altitude of 3,000 in. so that it is stated that porcupines live on that mountain as well, 

 although no specimen was procured there. As a rule the porcupines hide themselves 

 very well and it is only accidentally that some specimen may be procured by the natives. 

 The specimens from Kibonoto were all of them obtained in the cultivated zone. 



Lepus s]i. 



Prof. SJOSTEDT observed when marching round Ngare na nyuki and Ngare nairobi 

 a few times single hares which were allarmed by the approaching caravan and with light- 

 ning speed zig-zaged away over the steppe. As he had no gun at hand at these oppor- 

 tunities no specimen was obtained and it can only be stated that some species of hare 

 lives there on the steppe. 



Hyracoidea. 



Dcndroliyrax validus TRUE. 

 Den<li-nhur<u- i-nlMn* TRUE Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus. XIII 1890 p. 227. 



Kilinmndjaro: 1 o' 1 ad. from the rainforest 2 3,000 m. Kibonoto ~' * 1905 - - 1 V 

 ad. from Kibonoto Sept. 1905 - - 1 ? specimen from Kibonoto 2,500 m. -, m 1905 - - 1 V 

 specimen Kibonoto 31 , 10 1905 (the ventricle full of leaves) --2 specimens from the same 

 locality "/n 1905 - - 1 c? specimen from the rainforest 2,500 m. Kibonoto Vn 1905 5 

 youngs from the rain forest at Kibonoto 2,000 m. -'Vs 1905 - - 1 specimen from the rain- 

 forest 2,000 m. Kibonoto, Nov. 1905 -- 1 specimen from the rainforests 2,500 Kibonoto, 

 Nov. 1905. 



In the five quite young specimens the dorsal spot is only faintly developed in three 

 specimens in the two others it cannot be traced. 



Prof. SJOSTEDT has written about them in his diary: The small youngs (7 in a set) 

 I learned to know as very agreeable little beings In the box in which they were kept 

 there was a chirping as from birds, or an almost grunting, fine sound which was repeated 

 in chorus of the whole set. As soon as the cover was lifted the youngs began to jump up 

 along the walls in which proceeding they usually succeeded as the box was not very high. 

 If the hand was put down to the soft little animals they began, finely grunting, to climb 

 up on the same with their soft paws which were quite pleasant to feel. They liked to 



up on the arm in the sleeve apparently delighted with the warmth. 



A couple was seen pairing in a banana form within the cultivated area - 7 /s 19<'.~>. 



It was heard in the rainforest of Mini, 3.000 m. Dec. 1905. 



