MAMMALS OF ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN — SETZER 553 



length 202; length of auditory bullae 29.8; greatest width across 

 zygomatic arches 131.0; least postorbital width 46.3; least interor- 

 bital width 46.3; length of nasals 67.1. 



Remarks : The hunting dog may be distinguished from other canids 

 by its larger size, spotted brown and white pattern, and large rounded 

 ear. 



Family Mustelidae 

 Subfamily Mustelinae 



Ictonyx striatus erythreae De Wiuton 



Figure 9,a 



Ictonyx erythraea (sic) De Winton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol, 1, p. 248, 

 March 1898. (Suakin, Red Sea Coast, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.) 



Ictonyx erythreae Anderson and De Winton, in Anderson, Zoology of Egypt, 

 vol. 2, Mammalia, p. 240, 1902. (Correction of misprint.) 



Specimens Examined: Eight, all in BM, from: Khartoum, 1; 

 Medani, 1; Loka, 1; Roseires, 1; Erkowit, 1; Khor Arbat, 3. 



Measurements: The average and extremes of cranial measure- 

 ments for three adult males from Khor Arbat are as follows : Condy- 

 lomcisive length of skull 58.5 (57.8-59.2); greatest width across 

 zygomatic arches 37.6 (36.1-38.6); least postorbital width 14.6 

 (13.9-14.9); least interorbital width 15.6 (14.7-16.5); greatest breadth 

 of braincase 28.1 (27.5-28.5). 



Remarks: The specimens from near the Red Sea coast have the 

 dark parts of the pelage reddish black, while the animals from near 

 the Nile are jet black. The one exception to this is the specimen 

 from Khartoum which is intermediate in color. 



It may be that the animals from near the Nile should be referred 

 to /, s. intermedius. However, upon comparison with the types it 

 seems best to refer these to erythreae and note that they are inter- 

 grades in color and certain cranial features, 



Ictonyx striatus sudanicus Thomas and Hintou 



Figure 9,a 



Ictonyx striatum sudanicus Thomas and Hinton, Proc, Zool. Soc. London, p, 

 254, July 6, 1923. (Foothills of Jebel Marra, 4,000 feet.) 



Specimen Examined: The type, in BM. 



Measurements: The type, an adult male, measures as follows: 

 Length of head and body 355; length of tail 255; length of hind foot 

 58; length of ear 24; greatest length of skuU 68.5; condyloincisive 

 length 67.1; greatest width across zygomatic arches 38.7; least 

 postorbital width 16.3; least interorbital width 18,0, 



