ACgvgS HYSTRELLA Heller, 1911. Niraule Spiny Mouse. 



Many spiny mice representing variolas species and subspecies 

 were iinsuccessfully examined in eastern Equatoria but at Nimule 

 eight specimens of A. hystrella yielded a few immatures of A. 

 brumpti and H. 1. ? Teachii . 



FAMILY GLIRIDAE 



GRAPHITJRUS MURINUS SUDANENSIS Setzer, 1953. Sudan Dormouse. 



It is interesting to note that no dormice, which are common 

 in village trees, huts, and houses in Torit District, were infested 

 by ticks. 



FAMILY THRYONOl-IYIDAE 



"MARSH RAT" . 



Several adults of R. simpsoni , the specific parasite of cane 

 rats, also known as marsh rats or edible rats, from Yei are present 

 in Sudan Government collections. 



THRYONCMYS GRSGORIAIJUS SUBSP. Cane Rat. 



A single male R. simpsoni was found on a cane rat at Torit. 

 The few other cane rats examined there were brought in dead by 

 tribespeople, which may have accounted for the absence of ticks 

 on them. 



CARNIVORA (CARNIVORES) 



Infestation density ranging from light to fairly heavy but 

 representing only a very limited nuir.ber of tick species and sub- 

 species is a feature of carnivores in Equatoria Province and in 

 most of East Africa and southern Africa. In West Africa the 

 variety of carnivore infesting ticks is frequently somewhat greater. 



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