EAST AFRICAN MAMMALS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM. 135 



BDEOGALB JACKSONI (Thomas). 



1894. Galeriscus jacksoni Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 13, 

 p. 523. June. (Mianzini, British East Africa; type in British Museum.) 



Specimens. — Two, as follows: 



British East Afkica : Lukosa River (Heller) . 



These specimens are skins, without skulls, and were purchased 

 from Nandi natives. The form will most surely prove to be a 

 geographic subspecies of Bdeogale nigripes Pucheran, of West Africa. 



Matschie, as early as 1895,^ called attention to the fact that 

 ^'Galeriscus'' jacTcsoni is in reality a Bdeogale. This was overlooked 

 by Pocock in his note on Galeriscits, 1916.^ 



BDEOGALE CRASSICAUDA OMNIVORA Heller. 



Plate 34. 



1913. Bdeogale crassicauda omnivora Heller, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 61' 

 No. 13, p. 12. Septeml~<er 16. (Mazeras, British East Africa; type in 

 U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



Specimens. — Four, including one large fetus, as follows: 



British East Africa: Mazeras (Heller). 



The stomach of the ty])e-specimen, collected December 21, con- 

 tained beetles and mice. There was a large embryo which Ls pre- 

 served in alcohol. A second female taken the same week T\'as nursing 

 a quarter-grown young one, which also is in the collection. In the 

 original description of this race the feet are described as black; they 

 are in reality dark brown, and are far from black in color. 



The type and adult topotype, both females, with basal and nasal 

 sutures of the skull entirely closed, measure as follows: Head and 

 body. 420, 400; tail vertebrae, 245, 250; hind foot, 81, 80; ear, 34, 

 37. Skulls: Condylobasal length, 84.6, 84.5; zygomatic breadth, 

 45.4, 44.6; mastoid breadth, 32.9, 31.9; postorbital constriction, 

 14.2, 13.4; interorbital breadth, 17.8, 17.6; lachrymal foramen to 

 alveolar point, 30.3, 29.8; breadth of rostrum over canine, 19.4, 19.2; 

 length of mandible, 58.5, 57.4; maxillary tooth row, including conine, 

 30.9, 31.0; mandibular row, including canme, 35.3, 34.2. 



No specimens of the related forms are in the collection. The 

 followuig manuscript notes on the tyi3e-specimens of Bdeogale 

 crassicauda Peters and Bdeogale puisa Peters were made by Heller 

 at the Berlin Museum, and are published here for preservation: 



Bdeogale a-assicauda Peters. Type 1151, old adult 9, molars worn and sutures 

 ankylosed; skin mounted and faded. Tette (coll. W. Peters). Upperparts annulated 

 black and grayish-white, much like Mungos albicaudus; tail dark seal-brown, under- 

 fur graylsh-'buff or whitish; feet seal i>rown. Skull: Condyloincisive length, 85; 

 zygomatic lireadth, 45; interorbital breadth, 17.5; postorbital breadth, 15: upper 

 tooth row with canine, 30.5; width of m -, 7.1; length of mandible, 60. 



1 Die Sausethiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas, p. 147. 1S95. 



2 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 17, p. 179. February, 1916. 



