82 Dl"- Ernst Schaff: Bericht über die Leistungen 



Systematik. 



Allgemeines. Vergl. Jentink unter Allgem., ebenda Jordan. 



Jentink, F. A., Zoological researches in Liberia. A list of Mammals, 

 collected by J. Büttikofer, C. F. Sala and F. X. Stampfli. — Notes Leyden 

 Mus. X. p. 1 - 58. Mit 4 Tfln. 



Angeführt werden 90 Arten , davon Simiae 13, Oarniv. 11, Kumin. 11, 

 Pachyderm 5, Sireu. 1, Rod. 23, Insectiv. 4, Cbiropt. 17, Bruta 3. Bei den meisten 

 Arten Notizen über Vorkommen und Lebensweise (z. T. sehr bemerkenswert), 

 sowie bei den seltneren Angaben über Grösse, Farbe, Osteologie etc. Neu sind 

 folgende Arten: 



Cercopitliecus stampflü: Hairs of forebead, cbeeks, back, sides of back and 

 basal half of tail of a raore or less rufous-green tinge, each hair riuged with 

 black and rufous-yellow; crown of head, nape of neck, legs and terminal half of 

 tail black; a ditto coloured patch ou the middle of the lower lip; cbin, breast, 

 fore-most part of belly and upper part of inside of fore-legs white. — Length 

 of the type-specimen, an adult male: head and body 638 mm, tail 980 mm, bind 

 foot 160 mm. 



Gh-aphiurus nagtglasii n. sp.: All the hairs are of a slaty black, on the 

 head, upperparts and sides of the body and outsides of legs tipped with reddish 

 brown, on the underparts of head and body and inside of legs tipped with white. 

 The distichous tail very hairy; hairs somewhat longer towards its tip, they are 

 of a liver-color with shining tips. Hauds aud feet white; whiskers numerous, 

 black and long. A more oi' less dark reddish coloured line from mouth round 

 eyes. Length of head and body: 165 mm, of tail with hairy tip: 120 mm, of 

 bind foot 30 mm, of ear 15 mm. 



Clavicjlis crassicaudatus n. g. et n. sp.: upperparts ashy brown, underparts 

 white with a reddish-brown shade: the basal part of the hairs is slaty black 

 coloured; a black stripe from nose to and round eyes. The tail is club-shaped: 

 at the base of the tail are the hairs very short, abruptedly they are followed by 

 very long hairs to its tip, forming a broad club; the hairs round the base of 

 the tail and above are coloured like the back, underparts for the rest and tip 

 of tail black. Whiskers black, whitish towards their tips. Length of head and 

 body 100 mm, of tau with tuft 50 mm, of bind foot 15 mm, of ear 7 mm. . . . 

 Claviglis is a genus-name for Myoxine species which are cbarakterized by a 

 club-shaped, not distichous tail. 



Crocidura bättikoferi n. sp.: Differs from schweitzeri (Peters. Ref.) by its 

 mucb shorter tail, by haviug the upperparts of the body brownish black coloiu-ed 

 and the underparts with silverly tips to the slaty hairs, finally by having a 

 denticulation on the flrst lower incisors. Like in schweitzeri all the teeth are 

 white. — Head and body 76 mm, tail 40 mm, bind foot 15 mm, ear 7,5 mm. 



Orocidura stampflü n. sp.: Distinguished from the other species by the nearly 

 uniform color of upper- and lowerparts of head aud body , a color exactly like 

 that of young specimens of Mus rattus; the upperparts have a slightly darker 

 tinge; with that color contrasts the color of tail and extremities which parts 

 have a whitish tinge and are clothed with widely spread short and blackish 



