KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48, N:0 5. 69 
Mungos paludinosus conf. mitis Tuomas & Wrovucuron. 
Tuomas: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1902 p. 309. 
A specimen from Nairobi has a dark rufous general colour produced by tan- 
coloured (Rép. de Couleurs 317.2) rings and tips to the black hairs. The feet are 
black. 
With regard to the colour this specimen is rather similar to some specimens of 
M. p. robustus from Kilimanjaro, but with regard to cranial characteristics especially 
the smallness of the teeth and the bulla it approaches more closely to the Abyssi- 
nian M. p. mitis described by Tuomas 1902. This is proved by the following mea- 
surements: 
M. p. mitis 
| Nairobl"'e? (Tuomas) | 
mm. mm. | 
Basal length of skull. . . - 2-6-6 ee ee et ee ens | 93 95 
Condylomcomive length . «6.46 2 ewe te wh te tt es 100 100 | 
Zygomatic breadth... <0.- 20+ = <n eyes cee ee ee 57 62,5 
| Interorbital breadth . . . . . + 6 + ee te eee te es 20 | 21 
POPOPCEMEE CRITUICAMG fi) Sle Rn get tae lr ae ns Gia ete) oe 38,5 | 38 
MRIS DECRG. ichsratct ss) Skis ak Fs Sew) MRI 40 40,5 
Palate length from gnathion. .....-+++--+se2- oy a 56 
Breadth of posterior palate. . . 2... 6 - - ee ee eee 9! 8 
Greatest horizontal diameter of pt... .. 2.6. se eee 11,6 10,8 
> 2 » rib Leap enaety! > am coke Ph * Bee 95 | 9,1 
> > » pbs ak SNe Oe ree ea 6 5,8 
» » Da tA seo tye Guat 05) le «sake | 8 7,5 
» » eT Se EO ee ce Om So 9,2 8,6 
» » » WINES. ge are «San 6 5,9 
The corresponding measurements of the teeth of a M. p. robustus from Kili- 
manjaro are: 
p* 12,4 mm. DesnisasinabiendaDnmts 
1: ee ees tt oe 
ied, & 6,8. «> Magee att 
It is thus especially the molars which are much smaller than in M. p. robustus 
and agree with those of M. p. mitis. 
As characteristic of the latter Tuomas has stated that the bulle are »much 
lower and less prominent» than in the former. In the present specimen the distance 
in a straight line from the bony ledge above the bulla and to the middle of its 
ventral surface is about 11 mm., but in a specimen of M. p. robustus from Kiliman- 
jaro it is about 14 mm. I appears thus as if this specimen in this respect as well 
! The posterior palatal surface is only 7,3 mm, broad. 
