HELOGA.LE PARVULA. 33 



supported by two specimens , belonging to a Helogale- 

 species, received the other day from Gambo or Gambos (in- 

 terior of Mossamedes) by Mr. v. d. Keilen. 



One of these specimens, the skin and skeleton of an 

 adult male, has the skull exactly agreeing in size and 

 shape with the skull of Sundevall's type-specimen in our 

 Museum , but the color of the fur is less dark , more red- 

 dish-yellow, than in Sundevall's: the other, a much young- 

 er individual with a not yet fully developed dentition , 

 has the fur darker tinged than v. d. Kellen's adult one, 

 somewhat intermediate between the latter and Sundevall's. 

 The skeleton presents 7 cervicales, 13 costales , 7 lumba- 

 res , 3 sacrales and 28 caudales ; that are the same num- 

 bers as Peters found in the skeleton of his Herpestes un- 

 dulatus, the only difference being 3 caudales less in Peters' 

 specimen. 



The habitat of Helogale parvula is perhaps the whole 

 Southern part of Africa, as we know it from Mossambique , 

 Natal and the interior of Mossamedes. 



JSotes from the Leytlen Museum, "Vol. XI. 



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