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length of hind foot 209 ; length of ear 146 ; greatest length of skull 230 ; 

 condyloincisive length 212 ; greatest width across zygomatic arches 150 ; 

 least interorbital width 45.5; length of upper fourth premolar 31.2. 



Family Felidae 

 Subfamily Felinae 



Felis caracal nxibicus J. B. Fischer 



Felis caracal y nubicus J. B. Fischer, Synopsis mammalium, p. 210, 1829. (Nubia, 

 implied.) 



Specimen Examined: One, in BM, from Suakin. 



Measurements: Cranial measurements of the unsexed specimen 

 from Suakin are as follows: Greatest width across z3^gomatic arches 

 72.0; least postorbital width 29.0; least interorbital width 19.5; 

 breadth across P*-P* 44.7; length of P* 15.7. 



Remarks: The generic name of the caracals has been in constant 

 flux between Lynx and Felis. Without attempting to arbitrate, I am 

 following the usage of Pocock (1917) and of Ellerman and Morrison- 

 Scott (1951). 



Even though only one specimen has been examined, it would seem 

 that the caracal would range over most of the Sudan in rocky and 

 brushy situations. 



Felis libyca libyca Forster 



Figure 9,6 



Felis libyca Forster, in Bufifon, Naturgeschicte der Vierftissigen Thiere . . . , 



vol. 6, p. 313, 1780. (Gafsa, Tunisia.) 

 Felis maniculata Temminck, Monographies de mammalogie, vol. 1, p. 128, 1824, 



(Ambukol.) 

 Felis ruppelii (sic) Schinz, Das Thierreich . . . von Cuvier, vol. 4, p. 509, 1824. 



(Dongola.) 

 Felis libyca lowei Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 114, p. 68, 1944. (Jebel 



Marra, 4,000 feet.) 

 Felis libyca lynesi Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 114, p. 68, 1944. (35 



miles north of El Fasher.) 



(Other synonyms extralimital to the Sudan.) 



Specimens Examined: Seven, all in BM, from: Dueim, 1; Sennaar, 

 1; Shendy, 1; Tamai Plains, near Suakin, 1; Suakin, 3. 



Measurements: An adult male from Shendy measures as follows: 

 Length of head and body 490; length of tail 340; length of hind foot 

 132; length of ear 54; greatest length of skull 108.6; condyloincisive 

 length 100.3; greatest width across zygomatic arches 66.6; least 



