KORDOFAN PROVINCE* 



The very few available data from Kordof an are divided between 

 collections from EL Obeid, in the short grass- scattered acacia 

 region, and from various localities in the southwestern Nuba 

 Mountain area. The Nuba Mountains, which reach an altitude of 

 some 5000 feet, with permanent water supplies in the mountains 

 'and nearby plains, influence the area sufficiently to allow 

 the survival of such tropical ticks as A. variegattun and R. s. 

 si mu s . The gradual gradation of the plains from acacia tall" 

 grass forest to desert scrub in the north is similar to that 

 of Darfur. 



RETT ILIA 



A. biounpti infests the LIZARD Agama colonorum in the Nuba 

 Mountliins; A. exornatum has been taken from Varantis e. exanthe - 

 maticus at "Rhuwei, and A. nuttalli is known from a I5ND TORTOISE 

 at Talodi. ~ 



AVES 



GUINEA FOWL examined for A. bnimpti were free of this tick 

 (page 8^). A BUSTARD in the K!oalib Hills provided R« s. sangui - 

 neus , 



MAMMALU 



The presence of A. brunyti in the Nuba Mountains infers 

 parasitism of small mammals. 



R. s. sanguineus has been found on HEDGEHOGS at Heiban, 

 and Delami (ntimerous in both localities), on a HARE at Delami, 

 on a FOX in the Koalib Hills, and on a KUDU on Jebel Tabuli. 



DOMESTIC FOWLS 

 A. persicxis occurs at Delami. 



»Kordofan data were obtained largely by Mr. C. Karrar of the Sudan 

 Veterinary Service. The few wild animal records are from Sudan 

 Government and the HH collections. 



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