PROCAVIID^ 65 



Crown of head and hairs bordering dorsal gLand similar 

 in colour to rest of upper-parts, so that the gland does not 

 form a conspicuous yellow spot; general colour apparently- 

 lighter and less washed with fulvous than in P. syriaca ; 

 cheek-teeth relatively large, the length of the upper series 

 being 35 or 36 mm. 



XII. PEOCAVIA SHAPJCA. 



Procavia sharica, TJiomas and Wroughton, Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 7, vol. xix, p. 322, 1907. 



Typical locality Shari Valley, Lake Chad district. 



Type in collection. 



Size as in F. goslingi, but coat shorter and harsher, general 

 colour duller (hair-brown), and skull with a sudden narrowing 

 of fore part of nasals ; gland linear and orange. Total 

 length, 450 mm. ; basicranial length, 73 mm. 



XIII. PEOCAVIA HABESSINICA. 



Hyrax habessinicus, Hemj^rich and Ehrenbei-g, Symbol. Phys. decas i, 

 pi. ii,* 1828 ; Heuglin, Fauna Boihen Meeres, Peterm. Mittheil. 

 1861, p. 16 ; Floiver and Lydehher, Study of Mammals, p. 418, 

 1891. 



Hyrax ferrugineus, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser, 4, vol. iii, p. 242, 

 1869, Cat. Carnivora, etc. Brit. Mus. p. 283, 1869, Hand-List 

 Tkich- shinned Mamm, Brit. Mus. p. 42, 1813, partim. 



Hyrax irroratus var. lencogaster, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 4, 

 vol.iv. p. 242, 1869, Cat. Carnivora, etc. Brit, Mus. p. 288, 1869, 

 Hand-List ThicJc-skinned Mamm. Brit, Mus, p. 42, pi. xii, fig. 3, 

 1873. 



Hyrax brucei, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 642, Zool. Abys- 

 sinia, p. 252, 1872; Bocagc, J. Sci, Lisboa, ser. 2, vol. iii, p. 193, 

 1889 ; nee Gray. 



Hyrax abyssinicus, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 642 ; Bocage, 

 J. Sci, Lisboa, ser. 2, vol. iii, p. 122, 1889 ; nee Gray, 



Procavia abyssinica, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 64 ; Moreau, 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. xxvii, p. 202, 1902. 



Typical locality Abyssinia. 

 Type in Berlin Museum. 



* The dark figure ; P. ruficejps is the upper, and P. syriaca, the 

 lower figure. 



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