66 EINAR LONNBERG, MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION ETC. 
| Genetta stuhlmanni 
Genetla sua- 
Geica irom Skull from | Skull from 
| Meru boma Embo bone E. Kenia 
on 
mm. | mm. mm. 
| Condylobasal length . . PA oe ee hee, 87,5 80,5 80,5 
| Basicranial length oo. c. o9os- oa fees ee 0, pac oes ee 82 76 76 
Zygomatice breadth . «Gh4b sf -o shoes =) een jue: ebeuee 9 = bee: 41 | 44,5 40° 
Interorbital' breadth 2) (oc. ic ss es tas @ Sen cov y's), @ eee ho tdis) Bolly ie ed aloes atoms | ll | 13 11,7 
| Length of nasals mesially ..-. 0 ee ee te ee 17,3 14 15 
| Front of canine to! back of m*., 2.1.) (6 p= © RRP = BM ee SRT) ee ep 32,5 30,9 31,1 
| Longest, diameter sof psy. =) ll eliniie > spits trie" ia lteols Srnec 8:3) oat 8,4 8,5 
| Length of palate to gnathion). heh: (bye) = koe meee ole eal ee 41,5 | _ 38,3 
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The name Genella stuhlmanni has been based by Matscuie on material from 
Bukoba, and Mengo in Uganda. The skull has not been described, as far as I know, 
and the description (I. ¢.) is not very detailed, but I think that the identification 
above is correct. It is then of interest to see that a Genet which geographically 
belongs to the Central Lake district extends its distribution to the eastern slopes of 
Kenia and there meets the more eastern G. suahelica, and this zoogeographical fact 
is in accordance with several others in other groups of animals as well. 
Mungos sanguineus rendilis n. subsp. 
It is connected with a considerable difficulty to ascertain to which race a spe- 
cimen of small African Mungoose with black tail-tip belongs in consequence of the 
great variability of these animals. Some years ago a synopsis of this »Herpestes 
gracilis group» was worked out by WroventTon.’ In this the author quoted recog- 
nizes 6 species, and a number of subspecies which are divided in two groups according 
to size as expressed by the length of the hind foot. The next subdivisions are based 
on the shape of the skull and the colour. Now it appeared comparatively easy to 
use this key, but in certain instances difficulties arise. This is for example the case 
with the small Mungooses from the thornbush-country north of Guaso Nyiri. The 
length of the hind feet in the male specimens from this locality is about 56—57 mm. 
(without claws) which ought to refer them rather to the larger M. sanguineus group, 
but in adult (even old) females from the same locality the same dimension is only 
between 51 and 52 mm. (without claws). This measurement agrees thus nearer with 
the corresponding one of the M. ochraceus group. In additition to this the brain 
case as well of male as female skulls from the Jocality mentioned is rather strongly 
inflated anteriorly, and the postorbital constriction is sudden. The skulls resemble 
thus in this respect the M. ochraceus group according to WRouGHTON. As a con- 
clusion of these facts it must be admitted that the limits between the M. ochraceus 
1 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1907, Ser. 7, Vol. XX, p. 110. 
