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Quito appears in fact to be the smallest and most short-tailed 

 of all, and it is thus easily recognized. 



The general darkness of the colour, and the relative short- 

 ness of the tail appears to be characteristics which this Nasua 

 shares with several other members of the mammalian fauna 

 around Quito, and the first of these features stånds probably 

 in connection with the dampness of the climate. 



Concerning the habits of this animal Consul Söderström 

 has communicated, that it feeds »on grubs, worms etc. on the 

 ground and in trees ». It is possible that the small teeth of the 

 olivacea-grou^p, including this form, stånds in connection with 

 a more pronounced insectivorous diet than that of the other 

 Nasuas. 



Native name »Tejon». 



Potos flavus modestus Thomas. 



Thomas: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) Vol. IX. 1902. 



The author quoted has named a Kinka jou from Balzar 

 Mountains, Ecuador as above. A specimen from »Milligalli» 

 (Jan. 1912), presented by Consul L. Söderström agrees essen - 

 tially with Thomas' description. There are, however, some 

 discrepancies, which ought to be noted. The dimensions are 

 as measured on the dry skin: head and body about 40 cm, tail 

 about 34,5 cm. As the specimen is young, although fully adult 

 the measurements of the skull are as a rule somewhat smaller 

 than those recorded for the type, except those of the teeth, 

 which are practicalty identical. The interorbital breadth is 

 only 16,4 mm (against 19,3 mm of the type), and the height 

 of the lower jaw is 35,5 mm (against 40 mm of the type). 



According to Consul Söderström the »Tutamono» lives 

 at the locality mentioned and all över the »western side, mostly 

 at 6,000 feet». It feeds at night on fruits and berries. 



Sciurus hoffiiianiii Peters. 



5 Squirrels in Consul Söderström's collection resemble 

 most nearly such red-bellied specimens which in British Mu- 

 seum are labeled as above. 



