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duced by a low temperature is seen in the tigers and leopards 

 from the Amur, and various other high elevations in China, etc., 

 where the fur becomes so long and thick as to be almost woolly. 

 I think the Cheetah is rather scarce in Somali-land, although 

 the young are not infrequently kept alive by the natives for sale 

 to the caravans passing through their territories to the coast. 



FAM. VIVERID.E. 

 Genetta pardina? (I. Geoff). 



Genetta pardina? Civet Cat. 



5 juv. Higlileh, Ogaden. 



A Genet was brought to me in a cage, having been injured by 

 a native. It is rather.young to be determined with certainty, the 

 species of this genus having such a general resemblance to each 

 other that it is very difficult to diagnose them without a consider- 

 able quantity of material. This specimen was the only one 

 secured by us while in the country, and I should judge it is not 

 a common species. I have referred it, with a doubt, to the G. 

 pardi7ia of Geoff St. Hil., which seems to be distinguishable, 

 among other markings, by having the posterior portion of the 

 hind legs and feet black. The skin may be described as having 

 the ground color a grayish or buffy white, covered with black 

 spots, some having rufous centers. A jet black line runs down 

 the hind neck and along the dorsal line, this latter portion hav- 

 ing green reflections. Two, more or less distinct rufous lines run 

 along the side of the body, just beneath the black one. Front 

 legs gray, lightest on the feet: hind ones, gray in front, black 

 behind. Tail has six black and seven grayish white rings, the 

 long hairs of the black rings overlapping the gray. Fore neck 

 grayish-white; belly buffy-white. Length of head and bod)^ 

 about 18 inches; tail 13. The skull is long and slender, with 

 the molar series above and below not yet completed; auditory 

 bullae and the external auditor}' meatus ver}' large; teeth very 

 compressed and pointed. 



Helogale undulata (Peters). 



Helogale undulata. Icheumon. 



5 Hullier. 



We saw but few individuals of this species. It is very shy 

 and retiring, keeping among the thick bushes and disappearing 

 at once on the first sign of danger. I suppose they could be 



