MAMMALS OF ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN — SETZER 555 



Subfamily Lutrinae 



Lutra maculicollis nilotica Thomas 



Lutra concolor Neumann, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, p. 55, 1902. (Addis 

 Ababa, Ethiopia.) (Preoccupied by Lutra concolor Rafinesque, 1832, from 

 India.) 



Lutra maculicollis nilotica Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8. vol. 8, p. 726, 

 December 1911. (Upper Nile, Malek, south of Bor.) 



Specimens Examined: Five, all in BM, from: White Nile, 2; 

 Bor District, 1; Malek, 2. 



Measurements: The cranial measurements of an adult male from 

 the Bor District and an adult female from Malek are, respectively, 

 as follows: Condyloincisive length 112.3, 104.5; greatest width across 

 zygomatic arches ?, 63.0; least postorbital width 17.4, 17.0; least 

 interorbital width 19.7, 19.2; breadth of braincase 51.3, 52.0. 



Family Viverridae 

 Subfamily Viverrinae 



Genetta genetta senegalensis (J. B. Fischer) 



Viverra senegalensis J. B. Fischer, Synopsis mammahum, p. 170. 1829. (Senegal.) 

 Viverra dongolana Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Symbolae Physicae, Zoologica, 



Mammalia, dec. 2, folio k, p. 2, September 1832. (Dongola, Anglo-Egyptian 



Sudan.) 



Specimens Examined: Nine, all in BM, from: Erkowit, 1; Khar- 

 toum, 3; Kerina, 1; Port Sudan, 1; Shendy, 2; Sennaar, 1. 



Measurements: An adult male from Kerma measures as follows: 

 Length of head and body 470; length of tail 360; length of hind foot 

 80; length of ear 40; greatest length of skull 89.8; condyloincisive 

 length 86.4; greatest width across zygomatic arches 48.0; least 

 postorbital wddth 12.7; least interorbital width 14.7; breadth of 

 braincase 28.2; length of auditory bullae 12.0. 



Remarks: The white rings of the tail of G. genetta senegalensis 

 average nine, and the last ring of the tail is white or whitish. The 

 dorsal and lateral spots are, in general, small and are poorly defined 

 but do not tend to coalesce. The middorsal stripe is distinct and stops 

 well behind the shoulders. 



The skull of 6. genetta, at least in the Sudan, is larger, noticeably 

 in the width across the zygomatic arches and in the postorbital and 

 interorbital width, but the braincase is narrower than in G. tigrina. 



