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East African than with the South African race, but this is evidentlv 

 not the case. This Serval is probably the larsfest known race as it 

 is superior even to F. s. capensis. 



3. — Aonyx capensis congica Lôxnh. 



The Congo Muséum has recentlv received a Clawless Otterfrom 

 Kinda, western Katanga, which is of considérable zoogeographical 

 interest. 



It has verv small teeth : 



Length if /^^ 



Greatest diameter of /;/ . 

 Length of ;«, 

 Transverse diameter of ;«, 



Thèse dimensions, which are equal to, or in some instances even 

 smaller than those of the tvpe of A. c. congica, prove that this 

 spécimen belongs to the small-toothed race mentioned. Bv this 

 find it has thus been stated that A. c. congica inhabits the whole 

 Congo river svstem from its lower parts, where the type spécimen 

 was obtained, to its uppermost southern tributaries in Katanga. 



This was the more interesting as the clawless Otter of the upper 

 tributaries of Zambese river in norther Rhodesia (thus not lar trom 

 Katanga) is similar to A. c. Hindci of East Africa ('). The water- 

 shed between the Congo and the Zambese riversvstems is therefore 

 evidèntly also the boundaryline between thèse two so well defined 

 races. It is true, that thèse animais are aquatic and thus to a certain 

 extent bound to the rivers, but it is also known, especiallv about 

 A. c. Hindei, that it makes long excursions on land, and by this the 

 importance of the now obtained knowledge about the distribution 

 of the races is increased. 



C) cf. Lô.NNBKKii, On the clawless otter of Central Africa [Luira capensis Huilci Kwi- 

 MAS) (ArJt.fiir Zoologie, Bd 4, n» 12. Stockolin, 1908). 



