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Remarks: This subspecies differs from erythreae in having the 

 black pigmented areas reduced, noticeably on the belly. Unless the 

 type is an unusually large animal, sudanicus in markedly larger than 

 either inUrmedvuB or erythreae. 



Poecilicitis libyca miiltivittata (Wagner) 



Rhabdogale multivittata Wagner, in Schreber, Die Saugethiere . . ., Suppl., vol. 2, 



p. 221, 1841. (Upper Nile.) 

 Ictonyx frenata Sundevall, Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Stockholm, p. 212, 



1843. (Sennaar.) 



Specimens Examined: Three, all in BM, from: Omdurman, 1; 

 Tuli Island, Khartoum, 1; near Jebel Hadoza, 1. 



Remarks: Neither external nor cranial measurements are avail- 

 able for an}^ of the above specimens. However, the specimens are 

 smaller and present a generally darker appearance than do specimens 

 from near Cairo, Egypt. The posterior white rosette is divided in 

 half by a black stripe in these specimens instead of being entire as in 

 the more northern members of the species. 



Subfamily Meilivorinae 



Mellivora capensis abyssinica Hollister 



Mellivora abyssinica Hollister, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 56, No. 13, p. 1, 

 October 10, 1910. (Suksukki River, which connects Lake Zwai with Lake 

 Horo Schala, Ethiopia.) 



Specimens Examined: Six, from: Khartoum, 1 (BM); Malek, 2 

 (BM); Suakin, 1 (BM); Kamisa, 1 (BM); Torit, 1. 



Measurements: An adult male from Kamisa measures as follows: 

 Jjength of head and body 725; length of tail 203; length of hind foot 

 133; length of ear 40; condyloincisive length of skull 137.5; least 

 postorbital width 31.9; least interorbital width 36.2; breadth of 

 braincase 63,7. 



Remarks: The name to be applied to the ratels of the Sudan is in 

 doubt. The present specimens are all darker in color and somewhat 

 smaller in size than is the type of abyssinica. However, I feel it 

 best to refer these animals to abyssinica until such time as the amount 

 of individual and sexual variation is known. 



