Owen*s four-toed hedgehog is common in eastern Equatoria but 

 comparatively few were examined for ticks. At Torit, a nymph of 

 A. variegatum , a female H. leachii muhsami , and three male and 

 a female R. sanguineus were found on hedgehogs dxiring the dry 

 season, a single female of the latter species occurred on a 

 Svmat host and two male H. leachii muhsami were attached to a 

 Tarangore specimen. A number of hedgehogs at Juba were free 

 of ticks. 



FAMILY MACROaCELIDIDAE 



ELEPHANTULUS FUSCIPES (Thomas, 1894). Dark-footed Elephant Shrew 



The only specimen of dark-footed elephant shrew, which is 

 rare in Torit District, was found to have two nymphs of R. pravus 

 on its ears (dry season). ~ 



ELEPHAMTULUS RUFE3C MS HOOGSTRAALI Setzer, 1956. Hoogstraal's 

 Rtifous Elephant Shrew 



These little animals, previously identified as E. rufescens 

 dimdasi (Hoogstraal 1950, Hoogstraal, Huff, and Lawless 1950) > 

 are common in islands of vegetation in Torit and Eastern Districts, 

 Practically every specimen is infested, often heavily, by immature 

 stages of R. pravus. Occasionally immature R. e. evert si attack 

 these animals and two nymphs of R. s. sanguineois were among the 

 ticks removed from the hvindreds of "elephant shrews handled in 

 this area. 



FAMILY SORICIDAE 



CROCIDURA SP. Shrew 



A single nymph of Ixodes alluaudi from the tail of an un- 

 identified shrew from Kipia at 8000 feet elevation in the Imatong 

 Movintains is present in collections of the British Museum (Natural 

 History) . 



CROCIDURA IJYATJSAE TORIT EN3IS Setzer, 1956. Torit Nyanza Shrew 



Twenty-five Torit Nyanza shrews were examined. Two of them 

 at Torit yielded four nymphs of H. leachii leachii (subspecies 

 uncertain) . *" 



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