2G4 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



rump being only onc-hali of an inch. The nape is furnished 

 with a short mane of uniform hght-buff color in which the 

 longest hairs have a length of two inches. 



The size and relative j)roportion of parts in fisi are (luite 

 identical to those found in germinans and need not be re- 

 peated here. A large series of sj)ecimens are in the National 

 Museum, collected by the Rainey expedition in the desert 

 region between Mount Marsabit and the wagon ford on 

 the Northern Cuaso Nyiro. They are chiefly from the 

 water-holes of Merille, Longaya, Koya, and Karo, and from 

 the Guaso Nyiro River near its junction with the Lakiundu. 

 These specimens show remarkable uniformity in ground- 

 color and size of spots compared to the variable gcrminanSy 

 from which they are readily distinguishable by color and 

 shorter pelage. 



Ankole Spotted Hyena 



Crocuta crocuta thomasi 



Nativis Namf : Lnnanda, rmpisi. 



Crocuta thomasi Cabrera, 191 1, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 98. 



A specimen of hyena in the British Museum from 

 Ankole, Uganda, collected by Sir Harry Johnston, has 

 recently been made the type of a new race by Cabrera and 

 named for the curator of mammals of that institution, 

 Old field 1 homas. The character assigned to the race by 

 the describer, who had a series of but three specimens, is the 

 pale-grayish coloration. It is doubtful, however, if the 

 race is a valid one, being founded on so small a series and 

 living in close proximity to the highly variable gt-rmiuans. 

 More specimens are needed from Ankole to establish the 

 limits of individual variation in this questionable race. 



Introduction to Family Cantda 

 Dogs and Wolves 



The only African member of the dog family which at- 

 tains sufficient size to be classed as big game is the hunting 

 dog. It is quite the smallest member of the big-game 



