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185; length of ear 90; greatest width across z^'^gomatic arches 78.9; 

 least postorbital width 31.9; least interorbital width 21.7. 



Remarks: There is a considerable amount of cranial variation 

 shown by the above specimens. This variation consists of differences 

 in size and shape of the teeth, particularly the carnassial; the width 

 of the posterior choanae; and the size and degree of inflation of the 

 auditory bullae. The specimen from Kulme differs from all of the 

 other specimens in the strikingly different tone of the ground color 

 of the pelage. This color is grayish instead of buftV and the black 

 spots are markedl}^ more discreet. It is probable that this specimen 

 is wrongly referred but in comparison to other named kinds of servals 

 it is closer to phillipsi than to any other. 



Panthera pardus chui (Heller) 



Felis pardus chui Heller, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 61, No. 19, p. G, November 

 1913. (Gondokoro.) 



Specimens Examined: Eight, from: near Bor, 3 (BM); nearMon- 

 galla, 1 (BM); Bor District, 1 (BM); Gondokoro, 1; Ed Dueim, 1: 

 Khartoum, 1. 



A'Ieasurements: The type, an adult male, measures as follows: 

 Length of head and body 1240; length of tail 840; length of hind foot 

 255; length of ear 90; greatest length of skull 243; greatest width 

 across zygomatic arches 150; least interorbital width 37; length of 

 nasals 76. 



Remarks: HoUister (1918, p. 170) listed the specimens from Ed 

 Dueim and Khartoum as the nominate race. On closer examination, 

 however, these two skins only seem to fall within the range of variation 

 of chui to which they are referred. 



Panthera leo leo (Linnaeus) 



Felis leo Linnaeus, S3'steraa naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 41, 1758. ("Africa," fixed 



as Coustantine, Algeria, by J. A. Allen, 1924, p. 222.) 

 Felis leo nubicus Blainville, Osteographie . . . Mammifferes . . . , Genus Felis, 



p. 58, 1843. (Nubia.) 

 (Other synonyms extralimital to the Sudan.) 



Remarks: No specimens of the Uon from the Sudan have been 

 examined. Hollister (1918, p. 165) lists a zoo specimen from Omdur- 

 man which has been examined but rejected owing to the fault}^ refer- 

 ences to locality and to the fact that the animal has been in captivity. 



The generic name Panthera is used following Simpson (1945) and 

 the specific and subspecific names are following Ellerman and 

 Morrison-Scott (1951) and Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, and Hayman 

 (1953). 



