EAiST AFRICAN MAJIMALS IN THE UNITED 



STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Part II. RODENTIA, LAGOMORPHA, AND TUBULIDENTATA. 



By N. HOLLISTER, 



Superintendent, National Zoological Park, Washington. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The first part of this work, published August 16, 1918, dealt with 

 the mammals of the orders Insectivora, Chiroptera, and Carnivora 

 contained in the East African collections of the United States National 

 Museum. This second part consists of reports on the specimens 

 belonging to the Orders Rodentia (rodents), Lagomorpha (hares 

 and their alhes), and Tubulidentata (aard-varks). It is hoped 

 that a third part, containing reports on the primates and ungulates, 

 may complete the series. 



The plan of arrangement of the text adopted in the first part 

 has been followed throughout, and the geographical limits are 

 the same. All specimens of mammals from Eritrea, Somaliland, 

 Sudan, Abyssinia, Lado Enclave, Uganda, British East Africa, and 

 German East Africa, including Zanzibar, contained in the collection 

 have been critically examined and listed. The territory included in 

 the report is shown in figure 1. 



As with the groiips treated in the earlier part, the great bulk of the 

 material listed was collected by the Smithsonian African Expedition 

 under the direction of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, 1909-10; and bv 

 the Paul J. Rainey African Expedition, 1911-12. A few specimens, 

 some of special importance, have been received from miscellaneous 

 sources as noted in the summary below. 



