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D. — Giraffa camelopardalis cottoni. 



Girafifa camelopardalis cottoni, LydeTiJcer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, 

 vol. i, p. 207, 1905, vol. i, pi. xii. Game Animals of Africa, 

 p. 360, 1908 ; Poiuell-Cotton, UnTinown Africa, p. 388, pi. facing 

 p. 387, 1904; Lankester, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 121, fig. 44; 

 M. de Rothschild and Neuville, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 9, 

 vol. xiii, p. 104, 1911. 



Typical locality Koten Plain (2,550 feet), south of Toposa * 

 (about lat. 3° 50' N. by long. 34° 30' E.), Uganda, lying due 

 south of Lado. 



Apparently in some degree intermediate between the 

 preceding and the following race, although nearer to the 

 latter, so far at least as the adult male is concerned. 



Compared with rothschildi, the spots on the neck are 



Fig. 43.— Skull of Toposa Giraffe {Giraffa camelopardalis cottoni). 

 a, Azygous orbital " horn." 



chestnut-brown instead of black, and more regular and 

 quadrangular in form, without any tendency to be split up 

 by lines radiating from the centre. 



4. 1. 21. 1. Head and neck, mounted (fig. 45, A, p. 255), 

 and skull (fig. 43). Koten Plain, south of Toposa, Uganda. 

 Type ; the skull has been cut, so that tlie frontal region is 

 separate from the basal portion. 



Presented hy Major P. H. G. Pov:eU-CoUon, 1904. 



* Mis-spelt Topora in original description, 

 gave the localitj- of the type as Mount Elgon. 



Lankester, oy. cit.. 



