PEEL'S DIPODILLE 

 Dipodillus peeli, de Wint. 



Somali name, I'Fa/o 



Description. — This dipodillus was described by de Winton 

 from a skull only. Two specimens from Upper Sheikh collected 

 by me appear to agree as regards their skulls, but they cannot 

 be described until other specimens of dipodilli are obtained from 

 Aik, where Peel obtained his skull. I can hardly imagine two 

 places so far removed from each other as Upper Sheikh and 

 Aik, with quite distinct soils, would furnish the same species. 

 The description of my specimens is as follows : medium-sized ; 

 fur wood-brown ; underfur slate, white below ; hands and feet 

 white. Supraorbital and postauricular white patches well marked. 

 Tail short, darker above than below, without terminal tuft. 



Measurements of an adult male : 



Head and body ..... 



Tail 



Hindfoot ....... 



Ear ........ 



Distribution. — The above two specimens of mine were 

 obtained at Upper Sheikh. 



Habits. — Similar to other gerbilles. 



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