ilO THE MAMMALS OF SOMALlLAND 



the foothills of the Golis Range. Their haunts are easily found 

 owing to the masses of excrement which are piled in selected spots 

 among the rocks. In Northern Somaliland they live side by side 

 in perfect harmony with Speke's pectinator, which is known to the 

 Somalis by the same name. When disturbed they keep up a 

 continual " chirr-r-r." They travel over the rocks and cliffs with 

 marvellous agility and are very inquisitive. The males are con- 

 stantly fighting with each other, especially when there are a number 

 of separate families living on the same cliff. They are entirely 

 herbivorous, and can travel along the slender branches of the trees 

 and run along the bare face of a rock with equal facility. They 

 sleep during darkness and the heat of the day, doing their feeding 

 during the three or four hours after sunrise and two or three before 

 sunset. 



