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Genella tigrina aeqiiatorialis Hciigliii 



Geneita aequatorialis Heuglin, Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. vol. 54, 

 sec. 1, p. 559, 1866. (West bank of Bahr-el-Abiad, lat. 7° to 8° N., Anglo- 

 Egyptian Sudan.) 



Specimens Examined: Twenty, from: Torit, 5 (1, MCZ, 1, BM); 

 Gabt el Meghekid, 1 (BM) ; Mongalla, 1 (BM) ; Duk Fagwil, 1 (BM) ; 

 Malek, 2 (BM) ; Moru District, 3 (BM) ; Diilv, 90 miles northeast of 

 Bor, 1 (BM); Bor District, 2 (BM); Yei District, 1 (BM); Obbo, 2; 

 Palwar, 45 miles south of Torit, 1 (MCZ). 



Measurements: An adult male and an adult female from the Moru 

 District measure, respectively, as follows: Length of head and body 

 424, 413; length of tail 361, 382; length of hind foot 73, 65; length of 

 ear 37, 39; greatest length of skull 84.7, 81.8; condyloincisive length 

 81.3, 78.9; greatest width across zygomatic arches 42.9, 42.0; least 

 postorbital wddtli 10.0, 9.2; least interorbital ^^^dth 10.5, 10.7; breadth 

 of braincase ?, 37.9; length of auditory bullae 17.5, 17,0. 



Remarks: G. t. aequatorialis has an average of seven white rings on 

 the tail, and as a rule the last one or two white rings are interrupted 

 dorsally by the black bands. The distal portion of the tail is always 

 black. The spots on the back and sides are discreet and do not tend 

 to fade out into the ground color. The line of spots immediately 

 lateral to the middorsal stripe tends to coalesce posteriorly. The 

 middorsal stripe ends at about the level of the shoulders. 



The skulls are smaller than in G. genetta senegalensis except for the 

 auditory bullae, which are of the same length and more inflated 

 ventrally in tigrina. 



Civettictis civetta congica Cabrera 



Civettictis civetta congica Cabrera, Mem. Real Soc. Espafiola Hist. Nat. Madrid, 

 vol. 16, p. 36, July 10, 1929. (Niapu, Belgian Congo.) 



Specimens Examined: Two, from: Torit, 1; Obbo, 1. 



Remarks: The above specimens do not exactly agree with the 

 description of congica but more closely approximate that subspecies 

 than any of the other named kinds. 



Subfamily Herpestinae 



Herpestes sanguineus sanguineus Riippell 



Herpestes sanguineus Riippell, Neue Wirbelthiere, zu der Fauna von Abyssinien 

 gehorig, Saugethiere, vol. 1, p. 27, 1835. (Kordofan.) 



Specimens Examined: Thirteen, from: Niurmya, 1 (BM); Kulme, 

 Wadi Aribo, 3 (BM); Mebit, near El Fasher, 1 (BM); south- 

 eastern Jebel Marra, 1 (BM) ; 35 miles north of El Fasher, 1 (BM) ; 

 central Jebel Marra, 4 (BM); Darfur, 1 (BM); Torit, 1. 



