HYRAX STAMPFLII. 211 



elongate diastema (distance between incisor and first pre- 

 molar of the lower jaw). To this section belong also Hyrax 

 arhoreus Smith and Hyrax dorsalis Fraser. Hyrax arhoreus 

 has a hairy nose; body with soft reddish fulvous fur, un- 

 derside of body white. Hyrax dorsalis has the upper half of 

 the nose hairy; body with long rather rigid rich golden 

 reddish brown fur, underside of body bright brown. Hy- 

 rax stampfiii has a bare nose ; body with short not rigid 

 black hairs, underside of body brown. 



Hyrax stampfiii^ n. sp. 



Description of an adult female, the type of the species: 

 Size and shape of a fullgrown Hyrax dorscdis. The fur 

 is nearly as soft as that of Hyrax arhoreus: on the back 

 the hairs are black with a purplish tinge, browner on 

 head , sides of body and extremities , brown on the belly : 

 on the back the hairs are entirely black , but among them 

 are some others with a purplish tip : the hairs of the other 

 parts are black but always tipped with purplish brown on 

 head , sides of body and extremities , with large brown 

 tips on the belly. Nose up to a line drawn between the fore 

 corner of the eyes and also a circle round the eyes bare. 

 The spot on the back is a small and elongate white 

 streak : each hair black to the base with a very large 

 white tip. The hairs forming this streak on the back are 

 very long, meanwhile the other hairs are rather short, 

 much shorter than in the other Hendrohyrax-s^ecies. 



The skeleton presents 7 cervicales, 20 costales, 9 lum- 

 bares , 5 sacrales and 8 caudales. 



Dentition:!. |;^,^)C. ^-, P. ^, M. |^. Upper 



1) Dr. Gray (1. c. p. 291) relates that the canine of the adult series is 

 trigonal, with the keel in front as in the true Hyraees. This clearly is a 

 mistake, for there is no Hijrax known with canines; the upper incisors are 

 canine-like. 



Notes from tlie Leyden Museum , "Vol. "VXIl. 



