102 MAMMALIA. 



DhtrihuHon. — North-east Africa, the Somali country and Abys- 

 sinia. 



a. Skin Somali country J. H. Speke, A. S. B. 



[Type of Pectinator spekii, Blyth.] 



b. Skin Senafe Pass, Abys- W. T. Blanford, 



sinia, 2-68. 

 c-rf. 2 Skins Undul weles, Abys- W. T. Blanford. 



sinia, 4-68. 

 €-f. 2 Skins Sooroo Pass, Abyssinia, W. T. Blanford. 



6-68. 

 g. Skin Abyssinia W. T. Blanford. 



A-/. 4 Ale. Undul weles, Abyssinia W. T. Blanford. 



m. Skeleton Abyssinia W. T. Blanford. 



n. Skeleton in ,, W. T. Blanford. 



ale. 



Genus SCHIZODON. 



Schizodon, Waterhouse P. Z, S., p. 91 (1841). Type, S. fuscus. 



Schizodon fuscus. 



Schizodon fuseus, Waierhouse P. Z. S., p. 91 (1841); id. A^«^ Hist. 

 Mamm., ii p. 265. 



Distribution. — Chili. 



a. Stuffed Chili Brit. Mas. [Ex.] 



Genus SPALACOPUS. 



Spalacopus, Wagler his., p. 1219 (1832). Type, S. poeppigii. 

 Poephagomys, F. Cuvier Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), i, p. 321 (1834). Type, S. 



poeppigii. 

 Psammoryctes, Pceppig Archiv. f. Natur., i, pt. I, p. 252 (1835). "^yP^) S. 



poeppigii. 



Spalacopus poeppigii. 



Spalacopus poeppigii, Wagler Ists., p. 1219(1832) ; Waterhouse Nat. Hist,, 



Mamm., ii, p. 269, pi. ix, fig. i ; Blyth Cat. no. 420, p. 127. 

 Poephagomys ater, F. Cuvier Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), i, p. 321, pi. xiii (1834). 

 Psammoryctes noctivagus, Poeppig Archiv. f. Natur., i, pt. i, p. 252 (1835) 



Distribution.— Chili. 



a. Stuffed Chili C. T. Eyton (1849), A. S. B 



Genus OCTODON. 



Octodon, Bennett, P. Z. S., p. 46 (1832). Type, O. degus. 

 Dendrobius, Meyen Nova Acta Acad. Leop, Caro., xvi, p. 600 (1833). Typtf 

 O. degus. 



