20 EINAR LONNBERG, MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION ETC. 
Small mammals as well are perhaps more common in the upper forest region 
than in the lower. In the latter Heliosciurus kenie was shot and Epimys jacksoni 
trapped; at higher altitudes, Otomys irroratus elgonis, Epimys dennie, Leggada triton 
and Lophuromys but the two latter occur also outside the forests in the cultivated 
region. The Shrews (Crocidura fumosa and turba) were found as well in the forest 
as outside the same. 
On our return march through the forest we found numerous tracks of Buffa- 
loes at an altitude of about 2,400 m. in a tract with many open places between the 
trees, clumps of bamboo and thickets of bushes. The ground was there mostly 
covered with plants belonging to Lahiate, and Cyperus. It made a strange impression 
to find Buffaloes and Elephants here in the evergreen forest when we recently had 
met with them in the dry grey thornbush. Evidently the forest must suit at least 
the Elephants better, but the occurrence of both in localities so widely different with 
regard to the natural conditions prove the great faculty of adaptation in these ani- 
mals. In the thornbush country, where hardly any shade was to be found, the usual 
temperature during our stay there in Febr. and March was + 33° to + 38° C. under 
the doumpalms and of course very much more out in the open thornbush where 
there was no protection against the scorching sun. In the upper forest region + 8° C. 
was observed one morning in March so late as 8 o’clock, and the same temperature 
at sundown another day. At an altitude of 2,700 m. it was only + 1° C. at sunrise, 
but fresh tracks of Elephants were seen near our camp. Bushbuck, Bongo, Bushpig, 
Black Forest Hog, Kima monkeys and many other »tropical» animals do well in such 
a temperature. 
The woods near Meru boma, although not so extensive, resemble those on Kenia. 
There is represented as well the forest with very tall trees with or without an under- 
erowth of bushes and plants, as the peculiar type of forest in which the trees 
resemble gigantic overgrown bushes. The latter forest is situated an hour to the 
north of Meru boma. Typical mammals of the forest at Meru are the Kima (Cerco- 
pithecus kolbi), the Forest Squirrel (Heliosciurus kenie) the Meru Scrub Squirrel (Pa- 
raxerus jacksoni kahari) Bushpigs, Bushbucks, Suni Antelopes and Red Forest Duiker. 
The dark Mungoose (Mungos sanguineus orestes) was also found there. 
The following list gives the names of the mammals observed or collected during 
my short visit in the forests mentioned above. 
| 
Distribution Peking | Nairobi 
lof the genus °. SPecres ant Forests-mammals xerophile) Becarp- | Kenia Meru 
closely allied | | ment | 
| or subgenus = forests | 
| forms. } 
At. E. Colobus abyssinicus kikuyuensis LONNBERG. ... . “ =" | (+) 
» | Cercopitheus kolbi NEUMANN. .......... | + + + ar 
| A At. Papo vandbie eubsp: eons ELE Sethe Lee ST (+) (+) 
E. EK. Galago (Otolemur) kikuyuensis LONNBERG .... «| : se 
A | KK We Crocidura fumosa THOMAS §. os ss: s 5) 3) 0) Xo ee | ; 5 + 
| » Eni. | » ACPD WL OUIUNTAN teak coh a we acuta. cols cee | 5 ° | + 
E We Genetta stuhlmannt MaTsOoHIE ......+..5 + | eT | 
