b THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



(3rder CARNIVORA. 



Family CANID.^. 



SIDE-STKIPEP JACKAL. 



Canis adustus. 



Ganis adustus, Sundevall, Ofvers. Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, vol. iii. 

 p. 121, 1847. 



Distinguished from the Black-backed Jackal, Oaiiis mesomelas, 

 by its silvery grey coloured coat, white tail-tip, and, usuallj^ by the 

 presence of a well-marked white diagonal stripe on each side of body. 



Typical local i t}^ " Caff raria interiore " ; range from the Transvaal 

 northAvards across the Zambesi into Northern Khodesia. 



3 — 19. 7. 15. 3. July, 1895. Umniati River, Mashonaland, Southem 



Rhodesia. 



EAST AFKICAN GREAT-EARED EOX. 



Otocyox yiegatus. 



Otocijon virgatiis, Miller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. xlii. p. 485, 1909. 



A small fox-like animal with very large ears ; distinguished 

 from the true foxes and dogs by having three or four upper molar 

 teeth and four lower ones on each side of the jaws. This form is 

 distinguished from the South African O. iiief/aJutis by the underside 

 of the body being buff-coloured instead of creamy white, and 

 having the tail marked above with a distinct black stripe. Miller 

 in his original description states that the skull differs from that of 

 ■megalotis in the Hatter, less intlated auditory bulky, and the 

 absence of a notch between the angular and subangular processes 

 of the mandible. 



Typical locality, Naivasha Station, Kenj'a Colony ; range from 

 Tanganyika Territory northwards through Kenya Colony towards 

 Abyssinia. The Abyssinia Great-eared Fox was recently described 

 by Cabrera * as a distinct form under the name canescens ; both 



* Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. .-^er. 8, vol. vi. p. 462, 1910. 



