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NOTE XIV. 

 ON MAMMALS EROM MOSSAMEDES. 



Dr. F. A. JENTINK. 



February 1887. 



Mr. P. J. vau der Kelleu , a young Dutchman , was one 

 of the Members of an expedition to the Cuneue-River under 

 the head of Mr. D. D. Veth, sou of Dr. P. J. Veth, for- 

 merly Professor in Leyden. This expedition scarcely was 

 in Mossamedes so Mr. Veth fell sick and soon afterwards 

 died and by his death the expedition finished. Mr. v. d. 

 Keilen having arranged the affairs of his late friend Veth 

 resolved not to return home, but, being the naturalist of 

 the named expedition , to explore Mossamedes and the in- 

 terior of South-Africa and to make zoological collections 

 for the Leyden Museum. 



He is collecting in every branch of zoology and what 

 he collected up to this date is in the Leyden Museum , 

 with the exception of a couple of specimens and some du- 

 plicates, which are now in the hands of Mr. W. Schlüter 

 at Halle a/S. 



A short account of his collections will bear a very great 

 scientific interest as the country where v. d. Keilen is 

 hunting may be called , zoologically spoken , a terra incognita; 

 and although among the 26 species of Mammals hereafter 

 enumerated is not a single one new to science, for the 

 greatest part they belong to rather rare species and have 

 a very high scientific value as to the locality. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. IX. 



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