iS93. THE MAMMALS OF KILIMA-NJARO. 267 



about nineteen in number — namely, according to my nomen- 

 clature : — 



1. Bubalfscokei. ii. /Epyceros melampus. 



2. Cointochsfes taim'itus. 12. GazcUa grant i. 



3. Cephalophus grimmi. 13. ■tliomsoni. 



4. Iiarvevi. 14. Lithoctaniiis walleri. 



5. spadix. 15. Oryx calloiis. 



6. Madoqua kiiki. 16. Tragelaphus roualeyni. 



7. Neotragus nioschatiis. 17. Strepsiceros excehus. 



8. tragiiliis. iS. imberbis. 



9. Cobus ellipsiprymnus. 19. Taiirotragns areas. 

 10. Cervicapra bclior. 



It should be noted that the Brindled Gnu of Uganda and of this 

 district seems to differ from the typical form of South Africa in 

 having the throat-mane and jaw-tufts whitish or white, and has been 

 made a sub-species by Mr. Thomas, as Connochcstes tanrinus alho- 

 jtihatus (xii.). There seems, however, to be no interruption in the range 

 of this animal, which occurs, wherever the country is suitable, 

 from the north of the Vaal up to Uganda. North of the Zambesi 

 it has been recorded in Mozambique by Peters, in Nyassaland by 

 Crawshay, and on the Kirgani River, opposite Zanzibar, by Speke. 

 Mr. Hunter tells us it is found on the high plains N.E. of Kihma- 

 njaro, but, unfortunately, calls it Connoclurtes gnu. 



Besides the Antelopes, one of the forms of Bos caffer is abundant 

 on the plains of Kihma-njaro, and, according to Dr. Abbott, as quoted 

 by Mr. Hunter, ascends the mountain to an altitude of 10,000 feet. 

 This completes the list of Bovidae. The Giraffe was also (a short 

 time ago) " very common round Taveta." Passing on to the Suidae, 

 both the Riverhog {PotamochcEnis) and Warthog {Phacoch^nis) are 

 abundant in Kilima-njaria, and the Hippopotamus is found in Lake 

 Jipe, and in " every large swamp." The Perissodactyle division of 

 the Ungulates is represented by the Rhinoceros {R. bicornis) and 

 one of the Zebras. I have always supposed this Zebra to be the 

 northern form of Burchell's Zebra, with the legs striped outside 

 [Equiis hurchelli chapmanni), but Herr Matschie has recently made a 

 new name for it, Eqitus boehmi,^ and he may possibly be justified in 

 doing so. At the same time, there is great individual variation in 

 the markings of Zebras, and it is very hazardous to base species on 

 single skins and on sportsman's sketches. 



The long list of Kilima-njaro Mammals is closed by the Elephant, 

 which " lives in the thick damp forest, from 6,000 to 9,000 feet," in the 

 dry season, descending to lower altitudes during the rains. 



After this sketch of the Mammalian Life of Kilima-njaro, it will 

 be evident that, so far as this part of its fauna is concerned, there are 

 no traces of northern forms in Equatorial Africa, even at this ex- 

 cessive elevation above the sea-level. We might well have expected 

 a Wild Goat to occur on the summit of Kilima-njaro, as it does on the 

 mountains of Abyssinia.^ Instead of a Capra, however, we find a 



, 3 sitz. Ges. nat. fr. Berlin, 1S92, p. 133. ' Capra ivalie, Riippell. 



