Wau (domestic pigs; SVS). Kenisa (niJinerous specimens from elephants; 

 SGC). Several localities near Yirol (elephants; SVS). Yirol (hyena 

 and cane rat; SVS) . 



U pper Nile ; Diik Fadiat (wild pig and warthog; SVS) . Akobo 

 Post (lion; SGC). Maban (cattle and goats; SVS). Pariak (cattle; 

 SVS). Kaka (roan antelope; SGC). Bor (domestic dogs; HH, leopard; 

 SGC). Malakal (domestic dogs; HH) . 



Blue Nile ; Roseires (cattle; SGC). 



Par fur ; Zalingei (camels and horses; SVS). Kiilme, Wadi Oribo 

 (fox;"3RITIT7. 



Kordofan: Tabanga (pigs: SGC). Talodi (cattle and pony; SGC). 

 "Western Jebels" (cattle; SVS). 



/ "Khartoim ; No records .7 



Northern ; Letti Basin (fox; SGC). Shendi (bull; SVS, sheep; 

 SGC). These populations are probably quite restricted. 



DISTRIBUTION 



R. s. simus ranges throughout the Ethiopian Faunal Region, 

 In West ][frica, it is more or less widely replaced by the sub- 

 species senegalensis . The Arabian range of the glossy tick, as 

 mapped by the American Geographical Society (195A), should be 

 limited to the mountains of the Yemen. 



/ "west AFRICA ; Early records should be checked against R. 

 simus senegalensis . The range of R. s. simus in West Africa is im- 

 perfectly known. NIGERIA (Simpson~19l2A»,B. Unsworth 1949,1952. 

 Mettam 1950). SIERRA LEONE (Neumann 1901,1911. Simpson 1913). TCu 

 GO (Neumann 1901,1911. Ziemann 1909). GOLD COAST (Simpson 19U. 

 Beal 1920. Stewart 1934). IVORY COAST (Neumann 1901). PORTUGESE 

 GUINEA (Tendeiro 1946A,B,1948,1951A,E,1952C,D,E,1954: wherever 



*Specimens referred to as R. simus by Simpson (1912A, p. 325) are 

 actually R. simus senegalensi~ They were determined as R. simus 

 falcatus "By Nut tall and Warburton. These specimens are in British 

 Museum (Natural History) collections. 



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