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CERCOCTENUS SULTAN SULTAN (Thomas). 



1897. F[etrodroviu^]sulta7ii TsoMAS, Proc. Zool. Sue. London, p. 435. (Momba.sa, 

 British East Africa; type in British Museum.) 



1897. f'lefrodronms] sultan TnoMAs, Pruc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 928. (Correc- 

 tion of misprint.) 



lyifJ. Cercoctenus sullaa ^[oi.i.i.stkr, Smithsonian Misc. ('ol!.. vol. 6(i. No. 1, j). «, 

 February 10. 



Speci/nens. — Forty, including six in alcohol, from: 



British East Africa: Mazeras (Holler). 



Three females contained one large fetus each, on December 21 

 and 24. Two of these fetuses are preserved in alcohol. The label 

 of one adult specimen records the stomach contents as termites. As 

 stated by Heller,^ this excellent series proves conclusively the great 

 sexual difference in color in this species. The females are much 

 more richly colored than the males and have the entire underparts 

 washed, often quite heavily, with ochraceous-buff ; the sides of the 

 body, hips, and the outer side of legs are also richly colored with 

 deep ochi-aceous. In the series of males, all the specimens have the 

 undei-parts much paler, whitish or creamy-buff, and the sides and 

 legs are decidedly grayer. Heller further states: 



This large iusectivore is known to the Duruma tribe aa aaugi. They are an article 

 of diet with these negroes who catch them in snares set along their runways in the 



forests. 



This large elephant shrew has the same diurnal habits as Ele- 

 phantulus, for Heller saw one running along its trail at five o'clock 

 in the afternoon in the bright sunshine. 



CERCOCTENUS SULTAN SANdl (Heller). 



Plate 6, figs. 6, 7. 



1912. Petrodromm sulfani sangi ITkller, Smitlisonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No 

 12, p. 12. November 4. (Mt. Mbololo, British East Africa; tj-pe in 

 U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



I91(j. Cercoctcnus sultan sangi Hcx.jAHTF.n, Smitli-Jonion Misc. Coll., vol. 66, No. 1. 

 p. 2. February 10. 



Specimen. — One, the type, from: 



British East Africa: Mount Mbololo, Taita Hills, at 4,000 feet 

 altitude (Heller). 



I can not distinguish this specimen by color from the Mazeras 

 series of males of C. s. sultan. The skull is chiefly distmguished by 

 its narrow rostrum; and the upper premolars are noticeably smaller 

 than in any male of the Mazeras series. 



For measurements of specimens of Cercoctenus see table, page 30. 



» Smithsoniau Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 12, p. 13. November i, 1912. 



