LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
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Characters.—Size and foryggmuch as in the last ; fur short and 
somewhat harsh. General colour very pale fawn; the hairs 
ringed with brown and yellowish-white, the latter colour pre- 
dominating, and the arrangement producing the appearance of 
cross-bands on the hinder part of the back. ‘Tail with longer 
hairs, ringed with black and white, although the black is very 
inconspicuous ; its tip yellowish-red, and sharply differentiated 
from the remainder. Feet nearly white. Teeth generally 
similar to those of HZ. ichneumon. Length of head and body, 
about 12 inches ; of tail, either rather more or rather less. 
Distribution.— Kordofan. 
Habits.—Mr. ‘Thomas writes that “this species, hitherto only 
found in Kordofan, is evidently a desert form, having the sandy 
coloration usually occurring in animals inhabiting sandy plains. 
Dr. Riippell seems to have found it numerous, as he brought 
home five or six specimens. He states that it lives in holes in 
the ground, among bushes, and that, though fierce when wild, it 
is yet easily tameable. Baron von Heuglin also found it, though 
not commonly, in the same region.” 
VI. NEUMANN’S MUNGOOSE. HERPESTES NEUMANN. 
Flerpestes neuinannt, Matschie, S.B. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 1894, p.12r. 
Characters.—A small form allied to the two preceding, and 
closely resembling HZ. gracilis var. ochraceus in general colora- 
tion, but distinguished by the absence of annulations on the 
hairs, and the chestnut-brown colour of the tail-tip. General 
colour ochre-yellow ; the hairs of the middle line of the back 
with small chestnut-brown tips, giving a reddish-brown speck- 
ling to the pelage ; the hairs in the last third of the tail darker; 
feet coloured like the sides and tail. 
Distribution. East Africa (N. Ugogo). 
In admitting this form to the rank of a species, it should be 
noticed that its describer regards the varieties of HZ. gracilis 
and H. albicauda as distinct species, 
