MAMMALS OF ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN — SETZER 547 



Kemarks: In some of the above specimens the color is as in the 

 tj^pe but in others the color is markedl}^ lighter and brighter. This is 

 not due to season since all of these specimens were taken at approxi- 

 matel}^ the same time of je&r. The skulls, however, show all of these 

 specimens to be referable to J. j. gordoni. 



Suborder HYSTRICOMORPHA 



Family Hystricidae 



Subfamily Atherurinae 



Atherurus turneri St. Leger 



Atherura turneri St. Leger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, vol. 10, p. 231, Sep- 

 tember 1932 (Kakumega Forest, near Kaimosi, Kenya Colony.) 



Specimen Examined: One, from Lokwi, 25 miles south of Torit. 



Measurements: Measurements of an adult male from Lokwi are 

 as follows: Length of head and body 520; length of tail 130; greatest 

 length of skidl 90.5; zygomatic width 46.9; alveolar length of upper 

 toothi-ow 17.3; length of palate 38.2; length of nasals (median) 22.3; 

 least interorbital width 28.7; least postorbital constriction 25.3; me- 

 dian width of nasals 12.0; breadth across external auditory meatus 40.0. 



Remarks: This single specimen seems to agree in all respects with 

 the type of turneri. 



Family Thryonomyidae 



Thryonomys gregorianus subsp. 



Specimen Examined: One, in BM, from Char, Didinga Mountains. 



Measurements: The external measurements of the above speci- 

 men, an adult male, are as follows: Length of head and body 500; 

 length of tail 82; length of hind foot 67; length of ear 29. 



Remarks: This single specimen from the Didinga Mountains most 

 closely resembles the nominate race but there are differences in color. 

 Any attempt to assign a subspecific name to this animal would, at 

 best, be only guesswork. I prefer to leave any subspecific identifica- 

 tion until such time as additional material is available. 



Thryonomys harrisoni harrisoni Thomas and Wroughton 



Thryonomys harrisoni Thomas and Wroughton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 

 vol. 19, p. 384, May 1907. (Loka, 60 miles southwest of Fort Berkeley.) 



Specimen Examined: One, the type, in BM. 



Measurements: The cranial measurements of the type, sex un- 

 known, are as follows: Greatest length of skull 91 ; length of nasals 30; 

 least interorbital width 28.5; crown length of upper toothi'ow 16. 



