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Atelerix pruneri otceni (Setzer) 



Figure 2, a 



Erinaceus (Atelerix) pruneri oweni Setzer, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 43, 

 No. 7, p. 237. July 23, 1953. (Torit, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.) 



Specimens Examined: Nineteen, from: Torit, 9 (2, MCZ); Ter- 

 angole, 20 miles east of Torit; 4 (1, MCZ); Malek, 1 (BM); Morn 

 District, 2 (BM); Gogrial, 3. 



Measurements: Averages and extremes of four males and two 

 females are as follows: Total length 173 (127-201), 186.5 (152-215); 

 length of tail 12 (10-13), 16 (8-24); length of hind foot 30.5 (28-32); 

 length of ear 24 (16-28), 26.5 (24-29); condylobasal length of skull 

 41.5 (38.8-45.3), 41.2 (40.2-43.9); length of palate 23.9 (22.3-26.1), 

 24.2 (23.2-25.2); width of rostrum 11.5 (10.6-11.2), 11.1 (10.6-11.6); 

 length of nasals 13.2 (12.0-14.2), 12.3 (11.5-13.1); least interorbital 

 width 11.0 (10.5-11.5), 11.2 (11.1-11.4); width across zygomatic 

 arches 25.5 (24.2-26.6), 25.8 (25.1-26.7). 



Remarks: There is some variation in color of these specimens but 

 this is probably owing to the manner in which the skins have been 

 prepared. If the spines are laid flat in preparation the general tone, 

 as observed from above, is a smoky color; if the spines are semierect 

 the color is darker. Another contributing factor is the amount of 

 pigment on the tip of the spines. If this is slight the general effect 

 is lighter, and, conversely, if there is a relatively wide band at the tip 

 the color appears darker. The only immature specimen in the series 

 is decidedly darker in color than any of the adults. In all specimens 

 except one, the maxillary bone touches the nasal on each side for at 

 least 1.5 mm. 



The specimens from Malek and the Moru District are much darker 

 than typical oweni or pruneri, but the cranial characters seem to 

 refer them to the former. 



All the specimens were obtained m savanna-type country between 

 January 7 and April 9. 



Atelerix pruneri pruneri (Wagner) 



Figure 2,a 



E(rinaceus) pruneri Wagner, Sohreber's Saugethiere, Suppl., vol. 2, p. 23, 1841. 



(Upper Nile, taken at Sennaar, where Pruner traveled.) 

 Erinaceus heterodactylus Sundevall, Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Stockholm 



(1841), p. 227, 1842. (Bahr-el-Abiad.) 

 Erinaceus dimidiaius Fitzinger, Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 56, sect. 1 , p. 853, 



1867. (Sennaar and Kordofan.) 



Specimens Examined: Five, all in BM, from: Singa, Blue Nile 

 Province, 1; Gebel AuH (near Khartoum), 3; White Nile, near Khar- 

 toum, 1. 



