﻿NOTES ON SAME MAMMALS COLLEGTED IN CONGO. 3 



the Givet Cat described by Pucheran^ under the name »Viverra 

 Portmanni» and which again has been recorded by Noack 

 (1889) from Banana, and in one specimen from Brazzaville, 

 Congo by Pousargue, but agree with Matschies^ descrip- 

 tion of specimeiis from Cameroon. »I have had 'Nzobo' caged 

 as young sometimes» Mr. Laman writes. »It is quite nice 

 and gets very tame, but it cannot be let loose for the poul- 

 trys sake.» 



Genetta pardina Is. Geoffr. 



1 specimen. 



Native name: »Mbongi». 



Mungos ichneumon parvidens n. subsp. 



3 specimens. 



Native name: »Mfwenge». 



With regard to their exteriör aspect, colouration etc. 

 these specimens closely resemble the typical vSouth African 

 form. The most conspicuous difference at the first look is 

 that the light-coloured rings of the fur is much narrower in 

 the Congo Mongoose. On the black ground-colour of the head 

 the white rings are about 1 mm. On the anterior part of 

 the body their average length is about 2 mm. On the rump 

 the rings become more yellowish and attain a length of 3 — 4 

 mm. The fur is very much shorter than in M. ichneumo7i 

 cafer the average length of the long hairs being about 4 cm. 

 över the greater part of the body. On the rump the ave- 

 rage length is 5 cm. and some hairs attain a length of 6 cm. 

 On the basal parts of the tail the hair is still longer, about 

 6 — 7 cm. but then again decreases gradually towards the tip 

 to about 3 cm, to be suddenly increased to 8 — 9 cm in the 

 black tuft. The light-coloured rings of the hairs on the tail 

 are buffish in colour and their number decreases with the 

 length of the hair so tJiat the hair of the terminal third has 

 only two such rings, the apical of which is represented by 

 a broad buffish tip to the hair. The snout and the feet are 

 black without white rings to the hairs and on the lips the 

 rings are not numerous. The under fur is brownish grey on 

 the neck, becoming yellowish grey on the shoulders and from 



' A-cb. du Mus. d'hist. nat. T. X. Pans 1858—61. 



2 Arch. f. Naturg. Bd 57- 1891. 



